Mascouten Indians
An Algonquian tribe. The name means "Little prairie
people." They were known to the French as Nation du feu. First
mentioned by Champlain in 1616; Perrot visited their village, near Fox
River, Wis., some time before 1669. They were also seen by Allouez in
1670, and by Marquette in 1673. Always a small tribe, they disappeared
entirely before the end of the eighteenth century. =Bib.=: Hodge,
Handbook of American Indians.