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Maryland Indian
Tribes
Conoy.
Probably a synonym of Kanawha, but the meaning is unknown; also spelled
Canawese, and Ganawese. Also called:
Piscataway, from a village on Piscataway Creek where
the Conoy chief resided.
Connections. The Conoy
belonged to the Algonquian linguistic stock and were probably intermediate
between the Nanticoke
and Powhatan Indians.
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