Chaptico

The Chaptico, also known as the Cecomocomoco,^[1] were a group of Native Americans who lived along the Southwestern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in what is today St. Mary's County, Maryland. They were loosely dominated by the Patuxent in the pre-colonial time. While little is known about their culture, the Chaptico spoke an Algonquian language that was possibly similar to their Patuxent neighbors, who they absorbed in the 1690s.^{[citation needed]}

Chaptico

Cecomocomoco
Total population
Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
Southwestern Shore of Chesapeake Bay
Languages
Eastern Algonquian
Religion
Native American religion
Related ethnic groups
Patuxent people

Sources

• Maryland: A Colonial History p. 22.
• Maryland.gov

See also

• Chaptico, Maryland, a present-day community in the area