Allegewi (also Alligewi or Talligewi, or other variants) is the name of a purported ancient Native American people associated in tradition with the construction of prehistoric earthworks and fortifications in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. Although commonly identified in 19th-century sources as a "giant race" encountered and expelled by migrating Lenape and Iroquois peoples, the historical existence of the Allegewi is widely disputed by modern scholars and regarded as part of Native oral tradition, settler mythmaking, and early attempts at ethnological explanation of the so-called Mound Builders.
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Allegewi in the context of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny County (/ˌælɪˈɡeɪni/ AL-ig-AY-nee) is a county in Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, after Philadelphia County. Its county seat and most populous city is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's second most populous city. The county is part of the Greater Pittsburgh region of the commonwealth, and is the center of the Pittsburgh media market.
Allegheny was the first county in Pennsylvania to be given a Native American name. It was named after the Lenape word for the Allegheny River. The meaning of "Allegheny" is uncertain. It is usually said to mean "fine river". Some historians state that the name may come from a Lenape account of an ancient mythical tribe called "Allegewi" who lived along the river before being taken over by the Lenape.