| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086669 |
| Organization name | Monacan indians |
| Other names | Monahan |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | Variants Monahan, Monagan, Monskane. A Siouan-speaking tribe whose historical territory comprised most of the Piedmont region and parts of the Blue Ridge Mountains bisecting the majority of modern day Virginia. Their construction of sacred earthen mounds for burial purposes is a distinguishing cultural feature. Since they were enemies of the Powhatan Confederacy and therefore the English, their historical record is relatively sparse. By 1755, some had moved slightly west to inhabit the areas now known as Amherst, Nelson, and Bedford, Virgnia, where accounts variously claimed they were either peacable or troublesome. In 1786 the town of Lynchburg was established, in which both White and Native American people lived. Between the years 1831 and 1833, William Johns (Mohegan? not sure) bought over 450 acres of the neighboring Bear Mountain area to serve as a private settlement for Indian families facing local prejudice. |
| Citations | http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Monacan_Indian_Nation#start_entry ; http://www.monacannation.com/our-history.html |
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804