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The Mohegan people is a tribe that lives in the eastern upper Thames River valley of Connecticut.
Mohegan may also refer to:
- SS Mohegan, a steamship wrecked on the Manacle Rocks, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Lake Mohegan, New York, a census-designated place in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, United States
- Mohegan, a dialect of Mohegan-Pequot language, an Algonquian language
Usage examples of "mohegan".
The rest, decimated by dysentery and small-pox, began their march to Lake Champlain, with bands of Mohawk, Oneida, and Mohegan allies.
When the English and the French reached North America, it had happened to the Huron and the Mohegan and the Cherokee, and was happening even now to the Sioux and the Cheyenne and the Apache.
One of them suggests that Henry went west for some time to live among the Mohegan and other tribes, exploring great distances, making drawings, and collecting samples of flora and fauna.
Schuyler reported his loss in killed at 21 whites, 16 Mohawks, and 6 Mohegans, besides many wounded.
Troy with Achilles, or suffered with Odysseus in his wanderings, or descended the icy depths to seek out Grendel with Beowulf, or journeyed with the Time Traveller of Wells, or visited those wild weird stars of Olive Schneider, or escaped from the Mohegans with Natty Bumppo.
The intercourse between these tribes, both belonging to the Mohegans, was very limited, at first, but in course of time became more frequent and friendly.
Us Mohegans are gettin' our bad luck handed to us in chunks these days.
Encouraged by the knowledge that they had a safe retreat in case of being overmastered, they fought with such heart that the enemy was defeated, and the grateful Mohegans named the place the Bridge of God.
No offense, but ain't you in the position of one of those Salem witch women, if she'd got away and run off to live with the Mohegans or Pequoit?
So they divided Indians up into folks like the Christian Stockbridges, a mess of Mohegans who'd fought on our side at Bunker Hill, and the wilder sorts, such as Mohawk and Shawnee, who'd traded Yankee scalps for firewater from Hair-Buying Hamilton, the royal governor up to Detroit.
In 1758 a small band of Mohegans, trapped on the side of this mountain, jumped to deaths rather than be captured by rival Pequots.
Thus, the term used in the title of this book has undergone the changes of Mahicanni, Mohicans, and Mohegans.
Then, on June 16, 1636, Mohegan Indians warned the English that the Pequots, fearful that the colonists were about to take action, had decided on a preemptive strike.