Map of Connecticut Circa 1625: Indian Trails, Villages
MakerCompiled by
Mathias Spiess
(American, 1873 - 1959)
DraftsmanDrawn by
Hayden L. Griswold
(American, 1892 - 1985)
PublisherPublished by
Stephen R. Hayes
(American, 1908 - 1981)
Date1976
MediumOffset lithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 7/8 x 18 7/8in. (37.8 x 47.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 3/4 x 20 3/4in. (42.5 x 52.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.53
DescriptionFacsimile map of Connecticut circa 1625, divided into Native American sachemdoms and showing trails and villages. The tribes whose names appear on the map are the Siwanogs, Paugussetts, Quinnipiacs, Tunxis, Massacoes, Agawams, Sicaogs, Poquonocks, Podunks, Wangunks, Menunkatucks, Hammonassetts, Nipmucks, Mohegans, Uncas, Nehantics and Pequots. Elevation is conveyed through drawings of groups of hills. A bear, beaver, turkey, deer, fox and what appears to be an otter are depicted on the map. Around it are a baby on a cradleboard, fenced-in clusters of wigwams, a bow and two arrows, a pipe decorated with feathers, and a decorated shield and spear. Tribal names also appear outside of the borders of Connecticut, and probably refer to the tribes that lived in what is now New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island: Mohicans, Agawams, Nipmucks and Nehantics. Native Americans in three dugout canoes appear below the landmass, in what is unlabeled Long Island Sound. The cartouche depicts the title on a stretched skin, with two Native Americans on either side, dressed in loinclothes and wearing feathers in their hair. The one on the right is standing and holds a bow. In the lower left corner is a legend that explains the lines and symbols representing main and secondary trails, villages and sachemdom boundaries.
Label TextStephen R. Hayes reissued this Map of Connecticut Circa 1625 in 1976, the year of the nation's Bicentenniel. His map is a reproduction of the Map of the State of Connecticut showing Indian Trails, Villages, & Sachemdoms that was drawn by the civil engineer Hayden L. Griswold based on research by Manchester town historian Mathew Spiess and published by the Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames of America in 1930.
NotesCartographic note: No scaleStatus
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