Aquascogoc

Aquascogoc
Total population
Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
North Carolina
Languages
Carolina Algonquian language
Religion
Tribal religion (historical)
Related ethnic groups
Secotan, Dasamongueponke
The village of Secoton in Roanoke, painted by Governor John White c.1585
Watercolor painting by Governor John White c.1585 of an Algonkin Indian Chief in what is today North Carolina.

The Aquascogoc is the name given to a Native American tribe of Secotan people and also the name of a village encountered by English colonists during their late 16th century attempts to settle and establish permanent colonies in what is now North Carolina, known at the time as Virginia. Together with the rest of Secotan people they formed a part of the Native American group known as the Carolina Algonquian Indians, and spoke the now extinct Carolina Algonquian language. In 1585 the village of Aquascogoc was burned by Sir Richard Grenville, in retaliation for the alleged theft of a silver drinking vessel.