 Seventeenth century Monacan territory | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Extinct as a tribe (1728)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Probably Tutelo-Saponi (extinct) | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tutelo, Occaneechi, Monacan, Saponi, possibly Cheraw, other eastern Siouan tribes |
The Manahoac, also recorded as Mahock, were a Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who lived in northern Virginia at the time of European contact. They spoke a Siouan language and numbered approximately 1,000.
They lived primarily along the Rappahannock River west of present-day Fredericksburg and the Fall Line, and east of the Blue Ridge Mountains. They merged with the Monacan, the Occaneechi, the Saponi and the Tutelo. They disappeared from the historical record after 1728.[1]