Doeg

The Doeg were an Algonquian-speaking people of the Potomac River country, also known by names such as Taux and Dogue. Their homeland became a frontier of English settlement in Virginia and Maryland. In 1675 a dispute with the planter Thomas Mathew over payment for trade goods led Doeg people to take his hogs; colonists pursued them across the river and killed members of the group. The ensuing violence widened beyond the original dispute and helped set the stage for Bacon's Rebellion against Virginia's governor the following year.