Saukiog

The Saukiog was a Native American people who lived in the Hartford, Connecticut vicinity around the early 17th century.^[1]

Name

Saukiog has also been spelled Sickaog, Suckiaug,^[2] and Suckiauk.^[3] It translates as "Black Soil."^[4]

Territory

The Saukiog lived in what is now Hartford, Connecticut, within the sachemdom of the Siacaog, whose territory extended into present-day Hartford, Connecticut.^[5]

Language

The Saukiog spoke an Algonquian dialect and were part of the Algonquian confederation.^[2]

History

In 1636, Sequassen, their sachem or chief, sold their land to the British.^[1]