Moneton

Historical Native American tribe from West Virginia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moneton

The Moneton were a historical Native American tribe from West Virginia. In the late 17th century, they lived in the Kanawha Valley near the Kanawha and New Rivers.[2]

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Moneton
Total population
extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
West Virginia
Languages
Moneton language
Religion
Indigenous religion
Related ethnic groups
likely Manahoac and Monacan[1]
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New River, a tributary of the
Kanawha River, in West Virginia

Name

Their name translates to "Big Water" people.[1] In the 1670s, Abraham Wood wrote their name "Moneton" and as another variant, "Monyton."[citation needed]

Territory

The Moneton lived in southern West Virginia, along the Kanawha River.[1] Their settlements were near the Manahoac, Moneton, and Tutelo, Siouan language–speaking tribes of Virginia.[3]

History

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Locations of Shatteras, Monetons, Mohetans, and Conestoga (Susquehannocks) archeological sites in West Virginia. (Brashler 1987; Kent 2001)[full citation needed][better source needed]

The Moneton may have been a Fort Ancient culture,[4] an Indigenous culture that thrived from 1000 to 1750 CE in the Ohio River Valley. They might have been related to the Shawnee, an Algonquian-speaking people.[4]

The first written mention of the Moneton was made by English settler Thomas Batts in 1671.[1]

In 1674, English colonist Abraham Wood sent his servant Gabriel Arthur from Fort Henry in Wheeling, West Virginia to visit local tribes to expand the fur trade.[5] Arthur visited them and described their capital as "a great town,"[1] which might be Saint Albans or Buffalo, West Virginia.[5] That is the last contemporary mention of them.[1]

They likely merged into other Siouan-speaking tribes in the Piedmont region of Virginia.[1]

Language

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Moneton
Monyton
Native toUnited States
RegionWest Virginia
EthnicityMoneton
Extinctlikely late 17th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
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The Moneton language was a Siouan language and likely related to the Manahoac, Monacan, and Ofo languages.[1]

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