The Manahoac, also recorded as Mahock, were a Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who lived in northern Virginia at the time of European contact. They spoke a Siouan language and numbered approximately 1,000.

In the piedmont and mountain regions of this area lived Siouan Indians of the Monacan and Mannahoac tribes, arranged in a confederation ranging from the Roanoke River Valley to the Potomac River, and from the Fall Line at Richmond and Fredericksburg west through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The Manahoac are thought to have been a Siouan-speaking group, allied with the Monacan, Tutelo, and Saponi. They were rivals of the Algonquian-speaking groups east of the Fall Line, such as Powhatan's paramount chiefdom amd the Piscataway chiefdom to which the Dogue/Moyumpse belonged.

Mar 12, 2025 · Archaeologists, farmers, and metal detectors have found evidence of Native Americans in the Culpeper region, and there are still descendants of the Manahoac people here in Virginia.

In the western part of the area could be found the Manahoac, understood by early explorers to mean "they were very merry.” A lesser-known indigenous group, the Manahoac, were part of a Siouan-speaking population that made the Northern …

Connections ~ The Manahoac belonged to the Siouan linguistic family; their nearest connections were probably the Monacan, Moneton, and Tutelo. Location ~ In northern Virginia between the …

Archaeologists, farmers, and metal detectors have found evidence of Native Americans in the Culpeper region, and there are still descendants of the Manahoac people here in Virginia.

Manahoac Indians (Algonquian: ‘they are very merry.’ – Tooker). A confederacy or group of small tribes or bands possibly Siouan, in north Virginia, in 1608, occupying the country from the falls of the rivers to the mountains and from the Potomac to North Anna river.

Manahoac Connections. The Manaboac belonged to the Siouan linguistic family; their nearest connections were probably the Monacan, Moneton, and Tutelo. Manahoac Location. In northern Virginia between the falls of the rivers and the mountains east and west and the Potomac and North Anna Rivers north and south. Manahoac Subdivisions.

Los Manahoac, también registrados como Mahock, eran un pequeño grupo de nativos americanos (pueblos indígenas) de lengua siouan en el norte de Virginia en el momento del contacto europeo.