Askiminokonson, called Indian Town by English settlers, was a
Native American settlement in
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
. It was inhabited by the
Pocomoke,
Annamessex
The Annamessex people were a historic Native American tribe from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.Christian F. Feest, "Nanticoke and Neighboring Tribes," 241. Their homelands were part of present-day Somerset County, Maryland.
Along with the Manokin ...
,
Manokin,
Nasswattex, and
Acquintica Native American tribes. It was the largest Native American settlement in Maryland in 1671, and was incorporated into another reservation in 1686.
Askiminokoson was located just north of the
Pocomoke River
The Pocomoke River stretches approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 from southern Delaware through southeastern Maryland in the United States. At it ...
, near present-day
Snow Hill, Maryland
Snow Hill is a town and the county seat of Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,103 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Snow Hill was founded in 1 ...
.
Askiminokoson was mentioned in the proceedings of the
Council of Maryland (which became the
Maryland General Assembly
The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland that convenes within the State House in Annapolis. It is a bicameral body: the upper chamber, the Maryland Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamb ...
) in 1686 as part of a land dispute between settlers and Native Americans.
See also
*
Native American tribes in Maryland
The land that is now the State of Maryland in the United States of America was widely populated by indigenous tribes prior to European arrival, however only 1.0% of the state's population self-reported as Native American in the 2010 United Stat ...
References
Native Americans in Maryland
Worcester County, Maryland
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