Claim: Monacan Indians (one of eleven Native American tribes) were the inhabitants of the Rivanna valley including Monasukapanough, near the headwaters of the river, and Rassawek, the principal town of the tribe located at the confluence of the Rivanna and James rivers, at the time of first contact by Europeans.
Evidence: The Mohicans were a confederacy of five tribes and as many as forty villages.