Tag: Mohegan

In 1842, the monument for Mohegan leader Uncas was completed in Norwich, Connecticut. Historian William Leete Stone traveled from New York City to speak at the unveiling. Stone told people that Uncas “was the white man’s friend, at a period when the friendship even of savage royalty was most welcome.” He also said of Uncas: … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) The oral history of the Mohegan tells that they came from “west by north” of another country, that they passed over great waters, that they had once lived beside a great body of water affected by tides, and from this they obtained their name – Muh-he-con-nuk – which means “great … Continued