Mingo

 

The Mingo Indians were an Iroquoian group of Native Americans, primarily Seneca and Cayuga, who migrated west from New York to the Ohio Country in the mid-18th century. They lived in the Ohio River Valley, in what is now West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. Some Mingo also lived in the upper Allegheny River Valley in what is now western New York.

The Mingo were a relatively small tribe, with a population of only about 2,000 people in the early 18th century. However, they were a powerful force in the Ohio Country, and they played a significant role in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.

After the American Revolution, the Mingo were forced to cede their lands in the Ohio Country to the United States. Many Mingo then migrated west to Kansas, where they joined other Seneca and Cayuga bands. Today, the descendants of the Mingo live in Oklahoma, where they are part of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation.

Here are some of the specific places where the Mingo Indians lived:

• The Mingo Flats area in Valley Head, West Virginia
• The Mingo Creek area in Ohio
• The Mingo Bottoms area in Pennsylvania
• The Mingo Valley area in Kentucky
• The upper Allegheny River Valley area in New York