Tunxis

Member of an American Indian people who lived in what was formerly known as the Farmington area of Connecticut by the 1600s. Their language came from the Algonquian family. A group of Quinnipiac, whose population had diminished through war and disease, joined the Tunxis around 1738. However, the Tunxis tribal identity disintegrated in the 1800s after they sold most of their land to settlers and joined the Oneida in upstate New York.