Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 - Page 931 and 1086 1968
Manskin- Herman map (1670) in Rep. Bound. Com.
., erroneously located on
Pamunkey r.)
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Chinook texts 1894
by Franz Boas - Chinookan languages - 1894 - 278 pages
Manskin. — Herrman map, 1670, in Report
Comrs. on Boundary between Virginia and
Maryland, 1873 (misprint). ...
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The Augustine Herrman map, based upon observations in the
year 1670, locates within Pamunkey Neck the Pamunkey, denoted as “Passaomeck Indian," the Manskin (
Monacan) Indians, a Siouan group, incorrectly placed on the north shore of the upper Pamunkey River, and a
settlement on the south shore of the upper Mattaponi River, approximately in the vicinity of the present town of
Aylett. The label, "Indian Land, is the only designation for the upper portion of the Neck. There is little doubt,
however, that the Chickahominy are represented by the settlement on the Mattaponi..
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The Siouan Tribes of the East 1894
by James Mooney - Siouan Indians - 1894 - 101 pages
Lawson (1714), History of Carolina, reprint of
1860, p. 187. Manskin.—Herrman map, 1670, in Report Comrs. on Boundary between Virginia and
Maryland, 1873 (misprint).
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This belief that the Manskin Indians were being confused
with the Manakin Indians was to have dire consequences for the current history of the Manskin Indians. The
historians removed Manskin form all list believing it was a mispelled version of Manakin Indians.