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- noun Plural form of
Mahican .
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Examples
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The Mohegans called themselves Mahiingan, meaning wolf, and the Mahicans called themselves Muheconneok, which was their name for the Hudson River.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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They had been driven out by the Mahicans, and after that time they did not want to live there.
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In reality the Mahicans and Mohegans have never been the same tribe, and neither group is extinct.
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People: The general term "Mohican" has been used to refer not only to the Mahicans and their kin the Wappingers, but also to six or seven other Indian tribes lumped together as Mohegans by early colonists.
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"Mohican" has been used to refer not only to the Mahicans and their kin the Wappingers, but also to six or seven other Indian tribes lumped together as Mohegans by early colonists.
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The confusion between these eastern tribes was worsened by James Fenimore Cooper's book "Last of the Mohicans," which incorrectly merged the Mahicans and Mohegans into a single, extinct Mohican tribe.
WN.com - Articles related to Ten tips for expectant mothers 2010
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"Mohican" has been used to refer not only to the Mahicans and their kin the Wappingers, but also to six or seven other Indian tribes lumped together as Mohegans by early colonists.
WN.com - Articles related to Ten tips for expectant mothers 2010
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In reality the Mahicans and Mohegans have never been the same tribe, and neither group is extinct.
WN.com - Articles related to Ten tips for expectant mothers 2010
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In reality the Mahicans and Mohegans have never been the same tribe, and neither group is extinct.
WN.com - Articles related to Ten tips for expectant mothers 2010
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The confusion between these eastern tribes was worsened by James Fenimore Cooper's book "Last of the Mohicans," which incorrectly merged the Mahicans and Mohegans into a single, extinct Mohican tribe.
WN.com - Articles related to Ten tips for expectant mothers 2010
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