Crossword clues for mohegans
mohegans
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mohicans \Mo*hi"cans\, prop. n. pl.; sing. Mohican. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York. [Written also Mohegans.]
Usage examples of "mohegans".
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.