| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085636 |
| Organization name | Mingo indians |
| Other names | Mingwe |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | A slur taken from the Lenape word mengwe, meaning “sneaky.” First used in the mid 18th century by Christianized Delaware-Mahicans to refer to the Haudenosaunee peoples, which later came to be used by Moravian missionaries, settlers, and (perhaps innocently) by historians as well. In later writings, it refers specifically to the Haudenosaunee peoples relocated in Ohio, although it must be stressed that these never separated from the Confederacy and continued to refer to themselves by original tribal names (e.g. Seneca, Onondaga, Tuscarora). Most of this group were Cayuga or Seneca who left their New York homeland under pressure of colonial settlers in the mid 18th century. By the 1800s, they had established inter-tribal villages along the Sandusky and Scioto Rivers of central Ohio, but were forced to relocate to Oklahoma later in the century. |
| Citations | Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee ; http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Mingo_Indians?rec=608 |
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793