Total population | |
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Extinct as a tribe | |
Regions with significant populations | |
North Carolina | |
Languages | |
Carolina Algonquian language | |
Religion | |
Tribal religion (historical) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Secotan, Dasamongueponke |
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.