Mingo
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- proper noun
- /ˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
:
pueblo Mingo
- I found a book about the Mingo and their relationships with other Native American tribes.
- Chief Mingo
Examples
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The Mingo people were known for their rich culture and their struggles in the Ohio Valley.
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Boone's friend and ally, Cherokee chief Mingo, is a complex character, not your typical Hollywood Indian by any means.
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Mingo asserts that the Cherokees were the original landowners of Kentucky and had already made a legitimate deal with the settlers.
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Choctaw Chief Mingo Emmitta, at the 1772 congress, pleaded with the English to stop the "pernicious practice" of liquor trading.
Academic text (1999) -
The series Daniel Boone also incorporated another durable mythical figure, that of the Indian companion, in this case the fictional Chief Mingo of the Cherokees.
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Mingo is the "half-breed" son of a Cherokee mother and an English father, John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, who happened to be the governor of the Virginia colony.
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The series addresses the issue of "American" identity: Native American and Euro-American identities intermingle, with Chief Mingo being at times more "white" than Boone, and Boone himself "Indianized."
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In the history class, we learned about the Mingo tribe and their significant role in early American history.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mingo was a name used by settlers for a Native American people in the Ohio Valley, so the word is best remembered as the name of that group and their history.