Blu 1681

The Dogue Native Americans were an Algonquian tribe that occupied villages along the Occoquan and Potomac River area during the early 1600s. This particular tribe thrived by hunting, fishing, planting beans, squash, tobacco and corn. We pop fresh popcorn for our guests to pay homage to the Dogue Indians. In the 1650s, the Occoquan river watershed was being settled by English colonists and the Dogue tribe began assimilating into other Algonquian tribes in the surrounding areas, primarily the Tauxenent tribe. Upon their first encounters, the English incorrectly translated the tribal name of “Tauxenent” first to Taux, then to Toags, Doeggs, Doegs then finally to Dogue. By 1681, the entire Dogue tribe mysteriously disappeared from the Occoquan area; however their legacy remains with us to this day. The word ‘Occoquan’ is derived from an Algonquian word in their dialect which translates to mean “at the end of the water.” Similarly, Dogue Creek was officially named after the