The Chaptico were a group of
Native Americans who lived along the Western shore of
Chesapeake Bay
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in what is today
Maryland
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. They were loosely dominated by the
Patuxent in the pre-colonial time. The Chaptico spoke an
Algonquian language.
Sources
*''Maryland: A Colonial History'' p. 22.
See also
*
Chaptico, Maryland
Chaptico is an unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It lies on Chaptico Run, which forms a bay as it enters the Wicomico River.
History
''Chaptico'' may be Algonquian for "big-broad-river-it-is" and related t ...
, a present-day community in the area
Eastern Algonquian peoples
Extinct Native American tribes
Native American tribes in Maryland
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