The upper peninsula and the Chesapeake shore was the home of Nanticoke-speaking people such as the Nentigo and Choptank. The Assateague and Nentigo made a number of treaties with the colony of Maryland, but the land was gradually taken and those treaties dissolved for the use of the colonists, and the native peoples of the peninsula assimilated into other Algonquian tribes as far north as Ontario.
the upPer PeNINSulA ANd the CHesApeakE ShOre WaS the hoMe Of NanticokE-SpeAKiNG PeOPLE SucH As the nenTIGO a.nD cHOpTAnk. tHe ASsateaguE and nenTigo MADe a nUmber oF TREatieS with tHe coloNy of marylaNd, but tHe LaNd Was grAdUAlly taken and thoSe TReatIES Dissolved FOR the uSe oF tHe cOloNIsTs, and THe nAtivE peoples OF The penINSuLA assimilateD into otHEr alGOnquIAN tRIbes As fAR north AS ontArio.