Mattabesset

Mattabesset

Mattabesset yanki ne da kuma akayi sulhu da 'yan asalin ƙasar Algonquian da ake kira Wangunk, tare da Kogin Connecticut suka mamaye. Kogin Mattabesset ya kai Kogin Connecticut kusa da Middletown, Connecticut . [1] Masu mulkin mallaka na Turai sun kafa Middletown a wani bangare na yankin a gefen yammacin kogi, kuma jerin ƙauyuka a gefen gabas na kogi, gami da Chatham da Middle Haddam, sun zama East Hampton, Connecticut.

Sunan

Romanizations sun bambanta sosai, gami da Mattabesec, da Mattabéeset. Koyaya, an san shi da cewa ana kiransa "Matta-bess-ic" duk da yawanci ana rubuta shi "mattabesset"

Tarihi

Wannan yankin ya mamaye 'yan asalin da ake kira Wangunk. Yaren mutanen Holland sun fara ziyartar yankin a shekara ta 1614. A lokacin da Ingilishi ya shiga yankin, Sachem na gida, ko shugaban siyasa na asali, shi ne Sowheag, wanda aka fi sani da Sequin. Bayan rikici da mazauna, ya ƙaura daga ƙauyen Pyquaug, wanda daga baya aka sani da Weathersfield, Connecticut, zuwa Mattabesett .

Masanin tarihi na ƙarni na goma sha tara John Warner Barber ya rubuta:

An samo ƙasashe a cikin wannan garin daga Indiyawa dangane da ƙasashe a Middletown. Amma wani ajiya, wanda aka shimfiɗa a wani ɓangare a tudun Indiya, kuma a wani ɓangare kaɗan a gabashin gidan taro na Chatham, sun gudanar da shi har zuwa kusan 1767; lokacin da, bayan sun ragu zuwa ƙaramin adadi, sun sayar da haƙƙinsu, kuma sun haɗa kai da Indiyawa na Farmington. Wadannan Indiyawa wani lokacin ana kiransu Wongonks ko Wongoms, amma ajiyar ta kasance ga magada na Indiyawa na Sowheag da Mattabessett, kuma babu shakka sun kasance daga wannan kabilar tare da Indiyawa a gefen yammacin kogi. Ƙananan dangi suna zaune, ko kuma suna yawan zuwa, yankin game da tafkin Pocotopogue, kuma suna da wurin haɗuwa a babban tsibirin wanda ke kewaye da shi. Wadannan kuma, mai yiwuwa, wani ɓangare ne na Indiyawa na Mattabessett .

A cikin 1650, Babban Kotun Connecticut ta aika da masu bincike zuwa yankin Mattabesett, waɗanda suka kammala cewa Middletown da Chatham na iya tallafawa iyalai 15. Sowheag a bayyane ya ba da wasu daga cikin ƙasar ga Gwamna John Haynes .

An kafa wuraren ajiya uku ga Mutanen Wangunk a Middletown da Chatham. Ɗaya a cikin unguwar Newfield na Middletown an mallake shi har zuwa 1713. A Chatham, an kafa daya ga wani mutum mai suna Sawsean da zuriyarsa. Na uku, 300 acres a size, an kafa shi ne don Sowheag, Sachem na Mattabesett, da 'yan asalin Mattabesett. A cikin binciken 1761 na 'yan asalin ƙasar a Connecticut,' yan asalin yankin har yanzu suna zaune a "Mattabéeset (a Wongunck, a gaban Middletown). "

Masanin ilimin kimiyyar tarihi Bert Salwen ya rubuta, "Sunayen kamar Nipmuck, Pocumtuck, da Mattabesec wani lokacin suna bayyana a cikin wallafe-wallafen a matsayin sunayen manyan 'ƙabilai' ko 'ƙungiyoyi' (Speck 1928a: pl. 20; Swanton 1952), amma wannan amfani ba ya da alama ya dace da halin da ake ciki na ƙarni na goma sha bakwai. A mafi kyau, wasu daga cikin waɗannan sunayen na iya nuna daidaituwa na harshe ko al'adun gargajiya, amma ƙarancin shaidar har ma ya sa gano harshe ya zama da wuya a yawancin lokuta (Dayat da I-Matsardardard da Yaren Yaren Yankin Yaren Yankunan Yankunan Halin Yankunan Tsakan Yankunan Hudson) Yankunan da Yankunan" .