Nanticoke people are a Native American Algonquian people, whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.
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10 Facts About Nanticoke people
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Nanticoke people consisted of several tribes: The Nanticoke proper, the Choptank, the Assateague, the Piscataway, and the Doeg.
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In 1608, the Nanticoke people came into European contact, with the arrival of British captain John Smith.
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Some Nanticoke people migrated slightly north into New York, where they established a settlement in what became the town of Nanticoke people there.
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In 1778, two hundred Nanticoke people moved north to Fort Niagara because of their alliance.
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Chief Robin Hood, Hopping Sam, Simon Alsechqueck, and Messowan gathered their Nanticoke people to meet in the swamp for six days where they discussed plans of attack as well as their stories of encounters with the English.
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The Nanticoke people had an extensive an trading network with tribes throughout the Chesapeake Bay area.
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Nanticoke people language was distinct from the Algonquian languages spoken by tribes on the Western Shore of Maryland and along the Potomac River.
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Some Nanticoke people settled across the Delaware Bay in southern New Jersey, where they joined the Lenape and intermarried with them.
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