单词 | meherrin |
释义 | Meherrinn.adj. Now historical. A. n. A member of a (former) North American Indian people formerly living alongside the Meherrin River in south-eastern Virginia.The Meherrin were probably speakers of an Iroquoian language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Iroquois peoples Mangoak1589 Iroquois1609 Susquehannock1612 Huron1648 Mingo1648 Meherrin1650 Iroquoian1687 Conestoga1699 Wyandot1748 neutral1854 1650 E. Bland et al. Jrnl. 30 Aug. in Discov. New Brittaine (1651) 6 One of the Maharinecks told us [sc. the Indian] was the Werrowance of Hocomawananck River. 1687 Minute 29 Apr. in Exec. Jrnls. Council Virginia (1925) i. 83 The Nation of Indians Called ye Meherins hath Deserted their former place of Residence..and hath lately Seated themselves on the North Side of the Blackwater. 1787 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xi. 168 The Meherrins and Tuteloes on Meherrin river, who were connected with the Indians of Carolina, probably with the Chowanocs. 1855 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. V. 36 The Nottoways, together with the Tuteloes or Meherries, were Monacans—who were of the generic language of the Iroquois. 1926 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 6 12 Gooch had to..communicate with the governor of North Carolina concerning the difficulties between the Meherrins and the Saponies. 1978 William & Mary Q. 35 456 Early settlers tended to refer to various Indian groups by the names of nearby places or rivers, for example, the ‘Meherrins’, or the ‘Nottoways’. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Meherrin. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [adjective] > Iroquois peoples Mingo1661 Iroquois1666 Susquehannock1666 Seneca1684 Iroquoian1697 Meherrin1709 Huron1712 Onondaga1715 Mohawk1751 Oneida1760 Wyandot1780 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 234 The several Nations of Indians that are our Neighbors... Maherring Indians, Town 1, Maherring River, Fighting Men 50 [etc.]. 1728 W. Byrd Hist. Dividing Line (1929) 106 In this Camp 3 of the Meherin Indians made us a Visit. 1869 Appletons' Jrnl. 25 Sept. 175/2 Spotswood..was joined there by the rest of the party, two small companies of rangers, and four Meherrin Indians. 1989 Jrnl. Middle Atlantic Archaeol. 5 125 It had been occupied in late prehistoric times by the Meherrin Indians. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1650 |
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