Saukiog

The Saukiog was a Native American people who lived in the Hartford, Connecticut vicinity around the early 17th century.

Name

Saukiog has also been spelled Sickaog, Suckiaug, and Suckiauk. It translates as "Black Soil."

Territory

The Saukiog lived in what is now Hartford, Connecticut, within the sachemdom of the Siacaog, whose territory extended into present-day Hartford, Connecticut.

Language

The Saukiog spoke an Algonquian dialect and were part of the Algonquian confederation.

History

In 1636, Sequassen, their sachem or chief, sold their land to the British.