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MOHEMENCHO MOHONGO 



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Inds., bk. 2, 69, 1S48. Moheegins.— Pntrirk (1(137) 

 in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., Jth s., vii, 325, ],S65. Mo- 

 heegs. — Wainwright (1735) in Me. Mist. Soe. Coll., 

 IV, 123, 1856. Moheek.— Fitfh (1674) in Mass. Hist. 

 Soe. Coll., 1st s., I, 208, 1806 (village in Connecti- 

 cut). Moheganicks.— I'vnchon (1645), ibid,, 4tli s., 



VI, 374, 1863. Mohegans.— Haynes ( 1643), ibid., 3.57 

 (used by Hubbard in 16so for the New York tribe). 

 Mohegen.— Coddington (1640), ibid., 318 (Connec- 

 ticut village). Molieges.— Stiles {ca. 1770), ibid., 

 1st s., X, 101, 1809. Mohegin.— Leele (16.59), ibid., 

 4th s., VII, 543, 1865. Mohegs.— Hvde (1760) in 

 Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 2. 66, 1848. Moheken.— Brew- 

 ster (16,56) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 4th s., Vll, 76, 

 1865. Mohigan.— Mass. Reeord.s (1642) in Drake, 

 Bk. Inds., bk. 2, 63, 1.S48. Mohiganeucks. — Williams 

 (1637) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 3ds., i, 163, 182.5. 

 Mohiganie.— Williams (1637), ibid., 4th s., Vi, 207, 

 1863. Mohigens.— Vincent (1638), ibid., 3d .s., VI, 

 3,5, 1837 (used by Harris in 1.805 for the New York 

 tribe). Mohiggans.— N. \'. Hist. Soe. Coll., 2d s., 

 1,72,1841. Mohiggen.— Cushman (1622) in Mass. 

 Hist. Soe. Coll., 4th s.,lll, 122,18,56 (Coiniectieut, " 

 or; may mean Monhegan id.). Mohiggeners. — 

 Underbill (1638), ibid., 3d s., vi,15, 1S37. Mohig- 

 hens.— Vincent (1638), ibid., 39. Mohigin.— Steph- 

 ens ( 1675), ibid., X, 117, 1849 ( Connecticut village). 

 Mohigoners.— Higginson (1637), ibid., 4th s., VII, 

 396, 1865. Mohogin.— Writer of 1676 ((uoted by 

 Drake, Ind. Chron., 116, 1836. Monahegan.— Win- 

 throp(1638) quoted by Drake, Bk. Inds., bk.2,87, 

 1848. Monahiganeucks.— Williams (1637) in Mass. 

 Hist. Soe. Coll., 4th s., VI, 215, 1863. Monahiga- 

 nick.— Ibid., 215 (Connecticut village). Mona- 

 higgan. -Williams (1638) quoted bv Trumbull, 

 Ind. Names Conn., 31, 1881 (Connecticut village). 

 Monahigganie.— Williams (1638) in Mass. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll., 4th s., VI, 231, 1863. Monahiggannick.— Wil- 

 liams (1639), ibid., 260. Monahiggens.— Williams 

 (1638), ibid., 3d s., l, 167, 1825. Monahiggon.— 

 Williams (1637), ibid., 4th s., vi, 21.5, ISCH. Mona- 

 higon. — Williams (1638), ibid., 224. Monhagin. — 

 Adams (1738), ibid., l, 35, 1,852. Monheagan. — 

 Mason (1648), ibid., vii, 416, 1865. Monheags.— 

 Ibid., 413. Monhegans.— Williams (1670), ibid., 

 1st s., 1,277,1806. Monhege.— Mason (1643), ibid., 

 4th s., Vll, 411, 1865. Monhegen.— Treaty (1645), 

 ibid., Ill, 437,1856. Monhiggin.— Williams (1637), 

 ibid., VI, 220, 1.863. Monhiggons.— Williams (1675), 

 ibid., 302. Monhiggs.— Bradford (ru. 16.50), ibid., 

 111,361,18.56. Monohegens.— E:ii(it (16.50), ibid., 

 3d -S., IV, 139, 1.834. Morahtkans.— Opdvck (1640) 

 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ii, 141, 1,8.58. Morhicans.— 

 Map of 1616, ibid., l, 18.56. Mowheganneak.— Ma- 

 son (1648) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 4th s., vii,413, 

 1865. Muhhekaneuk. — Trumbull, Ind. Names 

 Conn., 31, 1.S81 (English form of tribal name). 

 Munhegan. — Pvnchon (1643) in Mass. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll., 4th s., VI, 373, 1863. Munhicke.— Brewster 

 (lt)36), ibid., VII, 67, 1865 (Connecticut village). 

 Nanhegans— Sanford (16.57) in R. I. Col. Rec, i, 

 362, 1856. River Heads.— Am. Pioneer, ii, 191, 1843 

 (misprint, probably for "River Inds "). River 

 Indians. — See under this title. Sea-side People. — 

 Morgan, Con.sang. and Aflin., 289, 1871. Unkus 

 Indians.— Salisbury (1678) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 XIII, 526, 1881. Upland Indians.— Church (1716) in 

 Drake Ind. Wars, 67, 1825. Vpland Indianes.— 

 Brewster (1656) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll,, 4th s., 



VII, 75, 1865. 



Mohemencho. A tril)e of the Monaean 

 confederacy, formerly living on the upjier 

 waters of James r., Va. Jefferson locates 

 them in Powhatan co., on the s. side of 

 the river, a few miles above Richmond, 

 but Strachey seems to place them higher 

 up, in the mountains. (i. m.) 



Mohemenchoes. — Jefferson, Notes, 179, 1801. Mohe- 

 menehoes. — Macauley, N. Y., ii, 178, 1829 (mis- 

 print). Mohemonsoes. — Boudinot, Star in the West, 

 127, 1816 Mowhemcho— Smith, Va., i, map, 1819. 

 Mowhemenchouch — Pots, ibid., 196. Mowhemen- 

 chuges.— Strachey (m. 1612), Va., 102, 1.849. Mo- 

 whemenchughes. — Smitii, op. cit., 134. Mowhem- 

 incke.— Strachey (ca. 1612), Va., 131, 1849. 



Moheton. An nnolassified tribe living 

 in 1671 in the mountains of s. w. Virginia, 

 or the adjacent pait of West Virginia, on 

 the upper waters of a river flowing n. w.^ 

 perhaps New r. They had removed a 

 short time previously from the head- 

 waters of the Roanoke, in the mountains 

 farther to the e. They were friends and 

 neighbors of the Tutelo, and were possi- 

 bly a cognate tribe, or they may have 

 been Shawnee. (j. m. ) 



Mohetan.— Batts (1671) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 Ill, 197, 1853 (cf. Bnshnell in Am. Anthrop., ix, 

 no. 1,1907). Mohetons.— Ibid., 196. 



Mohickon John's Town. A village, prob- 

 ably occupied by a band of Mahican under 

 a chief known as Mohickon John, for- 

 merly on the upper waters of Mohican r., 

 probalily on Jerome fork, in the present 

 Ashland co., Ohio. It is probably the 

 Mohicken Village mentioned by Croghan 

 in 1760. (.J. M. ) 



Mohican Johnstown.— Howe, Hlst.Coll.Ohio, ll,832, 

 1891',. Mohicken Village. — Croghan ( 1760) in Mass. 

 Hist. S<M.. Coll., 4th s., IX, 378, 1871. Mohickon 

 John's Town. — Hutchins map in Smith, Bouquet's 

 Exped., 1766. Ville de Jean.— La Tour, map, 1784 

 ("Mohickon on Ville de Jean"). 



Mohock. From the reputation of the 

 IMohawk, an Iroquoian people of central 

 New York and parts of Canada, their 

 name was used bj' the colonists in the 

 sense of 'fierce fellow,' then 'ruffian,' or 

 'tough' in modern ]>arlance. The word 

 was specially applied to one of the many 

 bands of ruttians who infested the streets 

 of London at the beginning of the 18th 

 century. As it appears in English litera- 

 ture it is spelled Mohock. Gay, the poet 

 and dramatist ( lfi.SS-17.'i2), asks — 

 Who has not beard tlic Scou rer.s midnight fame? 

 Who has not trembled at the .Mohock's name? 



(A. F. C. ) 



Mohominge. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy near the falls of James r. , at 

 Richmond, Va., about 1610 (Strachey, 

 ca. 1612, Va., 25, 1.S49). It is not marked 

 on Capt. John Smith's map. 



Mohongo (or Myhangah). The wife of 

 Kihegashugah, an Osage chief. These 

 two, with four other members of thetribe, 

 sailed from New Orleans in 1S27, and on 

 July 27 arrived at Havre, France, under 

 the care of David Delaunay, a Frenchman 

 who had lived 25 years in St Louis, and 

 who is said to have been a colonel in the 

 service of the United States. The Indians 

 later went to Paris, and, as at Havre, were 

 the objects of marked attention, being 

 showered with gifts, entertained by peo- 

 ple of prominence, and received at court 

 by Charles X. The desire of Kihega- 

 shugah to visit France was inspired by a 

 journey to that country by his grand- 

 father in the time oi Louis XIV. Kihe- 

 gashugah and two others of the party 

 died of smallpox on shipl)oard while re- 

 turning to America. It is said that the 

 expense of their return was borne by La- 



