with each distinct tribe, for the latter,like families,sprung from one fountain-head. The science of ethnology furnishes us with very meagre information; simply the color of the skin and hair, stature and mode of living. Failing, however, to associ- ate them with any of the races of the Eastern

Susquehannocks asked him for aid in fighting the Massawomekes, "their mortall enemies," (Smith, 1612:53, 422). The identity of the Massawomekes is important to anthropology and history as part of the analysis of the culture and history of the Susquehannocks. The Susquehannocks were defeated circa 1675 no doubt