The Saukiog tribe (sometimes spelled Sickaog or Suckiaug) was a Native American people who lived in the

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ce ...

vicinity around the early

17th century The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized ...

. The Saukiog spoke an Algonquian dialect and were part of the Algonquian confederation. In 1636, ''

sachem Sachems and sagamores are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Alg ...

'' (chief) Sequassen sold their land to the British. Some Saukiog may have subsequently joined the

Mattabeseck Mattabesset was a region and settlement once occupied by the Wangunk, a historical Native American tribe, along the Connecticut River. The Mattabesset River reaches the Connecticut River near Middletown, Connecticut. European settler colonists es ...

, and after 1650, the Pocumtuc tribes.

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