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Nacotchtank
Native American people

The Nacotchtank, also known as Anacostine, were an Algonquian Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands who lived in the 17th century near the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, in what is now Washington, D.C.. They spoke Piscataway, an Algonquian subfamily language, closely related to the neighboring Piscataway people. Facing colonial expansion from the Maryland colony, the Nacotchtank were displaced and last inhabited Theodore Roosevelt Island. Their culture and artifacts, including pottery and pendants, reflect a rich heritage noted by explorer John Smith during his 1608 expedition.

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Name

The name Nacotchtank (and variants Anaquashtank, Nacothtant, or Nachatanke) is derived from the word anaquashatanik, meaning "a town of traders";11 this reflected how the Nacotchtank were a trading people established on fertile land on the nearby rivers.1213

The process by which Nacotchtank was slowly changed to Anacostine was done by European colonists.14 During their colonization, English settlers frequently got rid of unfamiliar and unaccustomed sounds in the words from the local languages and replaced them with sounds that were easier to pronounce and to which they were more familiar.15 As a result, the English settlers that were interacting with the Nacotchtank would not pronounce the "-tchtank" and would replace it with the ending "-stine," which was easier to enunciate.16 Through transmission of the mispronounced Nacotchtank name amongst English settlers, the Nacotchtank name was slowly faded out and replaced with Nacostine.17

Later on, the Jesuits from the Province of Maryland further latinized the term by attaching a prefix "A" to "Nacostine," creating the name Anacostine.18 Etymologically, keeping the "A" is indeed a closer derivation of the term "anaquashtank," but the Nacotchtank preferred to omit prefixes and suffixes from words.19 Any present cultural honoring of the Nacotchtank bears the legacy of the latinized version, Anacostine, as seen in the naming of the river which borders eastern D.C., the Anacostia River, or the neighborhood in southeast D.C., Anacostia.20

Classification

The Nacotchtank fell under the larger influence of the Piscataway Chiefdom.21 The Nacotchtank were not necessarily under complete control of the Piscataway, but rather, the Nacotchtank closely allied with them as they were a much larger group of 7,000 members in comparison to the roughly 300 members of the Nacotchtank tribe.22 The Piscataway affiliation was intended for protection against the rival Powhatan Chiefdom of eastern Virginia.23

The Piscataway Chief, or tayac, held a loose confederacy over the Nacotchtank in addition to the other surrounding tribes.24 The rank of the tayac was supreme to that of the individual chiefs of the smaller tribes that belonged to the Piscataway Chiefdom.25 These lower-ranked chiefs were known as werences (also known as werowances/weroances).26 The Nacotchtank werence would collect and pay tribute to the Piscataway tayac who resided in a village named Mayone in present-day Prince Georges County of Maryland, 15 miles south of the Nacotchtank land base.27

History

See also: History of Native Americans in Washington, D.C.

Precontact to 1608

The tribe's physical location, which had a mild, temperate climate in the mid-Atlantic, allowed for the Nacotchtank to become a flourishing, self-sustainable community with an abundance in myriad natural resources.28 By being situated along the confluence of two major rivers, the Nacotchtank had a reliable supply of fish and the area soon became a well-known fishing ground.29 Additionally, the rivers were surrounded by a vast area of woodlands, which housed wild game such as bison, turkey, deer, and geese.30 The Nacotchtank were also accomplished in agricultural practices, as they would move inland from the rivers to occupy fertile and flat land and grow a variety of crop species, most of which belonged to the Three Sisters family—corn, beans, and squash.31

Since the Nacotchtank had abundant natural resources and were situated where two rivers met, they held an epicenter for a bustling trade network with neighboring tribes.32 One known intertribal network was with the Haudenosaunee of New York, in which the Nacotchtank traded principally furs, which was readily available given their extensive supply of wild game.33 The Nacotchtank eventually monopolized the fur trade.34

Encounters with English settlers (1608-1650s)

The Nacotchtank were first recorded by Captain John Smith, who visited their palisaded village during his First Voyage in 1608, in which he explored the land surrounding the Jamestown settlement of the Colony of Virginia.35 Between the dates of June 16 and July 18 of 1608, Smith recorded in his journal, which has since been published as The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles, his impressions of the indigenous peoples of the Potomac River.36 Specifically speaking of the Nacotchtank, Smith writes that they were a welcoming people who "did their best to content [him]."37 Smith also noted the presence of a river which made the area appear to be very pleasant.38 These initial encounters were peaceful and did not affect the Nacotchtank existence.39

In the year 1621, Captain Henry Fleet, age 20, took a party of approximately 26 settlers from Jamestown in an attempt to barter for corn from the Nacotchtank.40 The Nacotchtank were suspicious of the colonists, and a confrontation erupted into fighting.41 All of the colonists were killed except for Captain Fleet, who was captured.42 Held captive for 5 years, Fleet acquired the language and culture of the Nacotchtank.43 During his time, Fleet observed the trading village Tohoga in present-day Georgetown and noted it as being the center for the monopolized fur trade with the Iroquois.4445

In November 1622, the Nacotchtank faced their first death at the hand of colonial forces.46 This took place at the time of the Second Anglo-Powhatan War, a battle between English colonists and the Powhatan Confederacy.47 One tribe that the colonists closely allied with during this time was the Patawomeke (or Patawomeck).48 Though the Patawomeke were initially part of the Powhatan Confederacy, they were large enough so that they could lose such affiliation and side with the colonists.49 The Patawomeke, an Algonquian-speaking people, were established across from the Nacotchtank along the Potomac River, within what are now Stafford and King George counties of Northern Virginia.5051 Such proximity to one another resulted in long-standing hostility, with the Chief of the Patawomeke referring to the Nacotchtank as their "mortal enemies."52 As such, the Patawomeck chief not only allied with the colonists, but also helped them in avenging the death of Fleet's party and in attaining corn by providing roughly 40-50 warriors to take part in a raid against the Nacotchtank.53 As a result of the raid, a mixed colonial and Patawomeke force killed 18 Nacotchtank people and drove the rest from their cabins before plundering and burning the village.54 Captain Fleet remained a captive of the Nacotchtank, but would escape in 1626.55

In 1626, when Captain Fleet escaped, he left with a great sum of knowledge of the Nacotchtank way of life and would use that information in partnering in trade with other tribes.5657 Fleet began sailing up and down the East Coast, trading with various indigenous tribes and eventually taking over the monopoly on the fur trade that the Nacotchtank had for long enjoyed.58 When the Jesuits arrived in Maryland in 1634, who wanted to adapt church teachings for the natives, Fleet helped by translating the Algonquian language used by the Nacotchtank to English, under the guidance of Governor Leonard Calvert.59

The rise of the Maryland tobacco industry & the resulting displacement (1650s-1697)

Beginning in the 1650s, the Province of Maryland experienced an economic boom with the great popularity and demand of one of its cash crops— tobacco.60 This large expansion necessitated vast areas of land that could be turned into tobacco plantations as the demand was exceedingly high.61 In 1663, Cecil Calvert, the second Lord of Baltimore, granted Thomas Dent an 850-acre tract of land named Gisborough on the Potomac River, which bordered the principal Nacotchtank village.62

The colony, in such close proximity to the Nacotchtank, now had the leverage to begin encroaching on Nacotchtank territory.63 Additionally, with the two groups now close to one another and in constant contact, the Europeans from Maryland introduced to the area a number of Eurasian infectious diseases to which the Nacotchtank had no immunity, such as measles, cholera, and smallpox.64 As a result, the Nacotchtank suffered a large population loss.65

In 1668, the Nacotchtank tribe, depopulated from Eurasian diseases, collectively relocated to Anacostine Island, which has since been renamed to Theodore Roosevelt Island.66 Theodore Roosevelt Island is located directly across from Georgetown in the Potomac River, between what is now Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia.67

1697–1700s

By 1697, the Nacotchtank population living on Theodore Roosevelt Island sought refuge in the larger Piscataway tribe of Southern Maryland, whom the Nacotchtank had previously been allied with.68 With the increased sense of tolerance of indigenous peoples in Pennsylvania, the Piscataway, which the Nacotchtank coalesced with, migrated north and settled on land bordering the lower Susquehanna River around the year 1700.69 Though the Nacotchtank were absorbed by the Piscataway and relocated north, some aspects of Washington, D.C., are named after them. The river surrounding the eastern border of the city and the neighborhood in southeast, D.C., are named "Anacostia" after the latinized version of Nacotchtank.70

Geography

The entirety of the Nacotchtank tribe, prior to colonization, was situated within the modern borders of the District of Columbia.71 The tribe was situated along the intersection of two major rivers—the Potomac and the Anacostia—and thus, the majority of Nacotchtank settlements were along the water.72 The Nacotchtank's principal village, Nachatank, was situated along the eastern bank of the Potomac River on the land of what is now the Bolling Air Force Base.7374 It was here that the Nacotchtank chief was noted as residing, along with 80 others, in Smith's journal.75 Smith summarized his findings in his "Map of Virginia," which plotted the principal village of the Nacotchtank in 1608.7677 In addition to the principal village, there were multiple smaller villages, as observed by Fleet in his time held captive.78 Fleet mentioned four of these villages: Tohoga, Mosticum, Shaunetowa, and Usserahak.79

Various excavations have been performed throughout Washington D.C., which point to more specific areas of Nacotchtank villages.80 For example, a 1997 excavation near the Whitehurst Freeway, a major freeway which runs parallel to the Potomac River in Georgetown, gathered findings of a "hair comb, hammer stone, and pendants."81 This land, upon which modern-day Georgetown is established, was the site for the Tohoga village, which Fleet had observed in his time as captive.8283 Tohoga was a trading village, with it being located along the river bank of the Potomac and thus permitting easy access for traders.84

Although the proximity of rivers was integral for the Nacotchtank, there is evidence of the Nacotchtank existence further inland, which comes from the findings of archaeologist Samuel Proudfit, who worked for the United States Department of the Interior.85 Proudfit studied the excavation that was performed when the swimming pool was being constructed in the White House, which is relatively inland from any of the Nacotchtank river settlements.86 Analysis of the terrain that was dug up proved indigenous existence on the site, with findings such as quartzite points, a broken biface, and fragments of broken pottery.87 According to Proudfit, blades of quartzite that taper off into points on each end are indicative of the Nacotchtank, as they are found commonly in areas of Nacotchtank settlement and rarely in settlements of the nearby tribes.88 Additionally, Proudfit posits that fragmented pottery is "one of the unfailing evidences of permanent aboriginal occupation."89

This theory of pottery as a marker for permanent occupation was used in Proudfit's mapping of another Nacotchtank village north of Garfield Park on what is now Capitol Hill.90 The Nacotchtank utilized this land, which now houses the Supreme Court and Library of Congress, for agriculture, growing corn, beans, and squash.9192 The Nacotchtank settled on this specific area as it was flat and much more suitable for agriculture than the uneven land bordering the rivers on which they were initially established.93 The smooth terrain allowed the Nacotchtank to grow the large stores of corn that were appealing to European colonists.9495

Culture

Language

With the Nacotchtank's under the loose confederacy of the Piscataway Chiefdom, the Nacotchtank spoke the Piscataway language.96 The Piscataway language is a dialect of the Nanticoke language, which belongs to the Algonquian subfamily of languages.97 The Algonquian subfamily belongs to an even larger grouping of languages, the Macro-Algonquian phylum.98 All languages that fall under the Macro-Algonquian phylum are polysynthetic, meaning that an individual word is made up of many different morphemes, which are the smallest linguistic units of meaning.99

Structure

The principal village, Nachatank, housed the werence (subordinate Chief to the tayac), close kin, priests, and councilors.100 Here, the werence would store tribute, oftentimes corn and hides, from surrounding villagers.101 The abode of the werence and all religious buildings within the main village were protected by a palisade, and there were approximately 80 warriors contained within the village.102

The structure of the Nacotchtank occupation outside of the principal village followed a particular pattern of settlement called dispersed settlement.103 In this pattern, there would be rather-isolated dwellings with large open fields in between them.104 The resultant community would have groupings of between 2 and 100 dwellings clustered together, with a shared, designated spot that would have fallen trees that were to be used for fire-burning.105 In between these clusters were plots of land, ranging from between 20 and 100 acres, which would be used in cultivating various plants and crops.106

The Nacotchtank lived in wigwams—which were dome-shaped huts—and longhouses, as was typical of other tribes along the East Coast.107 The villages also had menstrual huts, which women would visit when menstruating, and communal sweat houses, where those who were sick could visit and be healed.108

Art & other cultural artifacts

Two types of rock were readily available in Nacotchtank territory for their use—quartzite and soapstone.109 These two types of rock were available in various quarries throughout Nacotchtank territory.110 At these quarries, the Nacotchtank would chip away large chunks of the rock, which would then be taken back to the individual villages, where they would complete formation of whatever artifact they were intending to create.111 Quartzite, which was relatively-easily chipped and available in a quarry in the Piney Branch area of what is now Northwest Washington, D.C., was used in forming sharp-edged tools, particularly spears and arrow points.112113 Soapstone was accessed mainly through the Rose Hill quarry of what is now Northwest Washington, D.C., and was utilized in producing various vessels such as bowls and pipes.114115

There is also evidence of the Nacotchtank producing pottery, which has been found in fragments in an excavation of the terrain under the White House.116

The Carolina Dog was the only domesticated animal that lived among the Nacotchtank and is an important facet in the Nacotchtank culture.117 The Carolina Dog served as a symbol for respect and honor.118 The dogs likely played an integral role for the Nacotchtank people, as Carolina Dog skeletons have been found lying on top of human skeletons in ossuary burials collected from gravesites on Nacotchtank territory.119

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