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maud of ;i rival chief, and established a separate tribe or band, and took the name of 

 Mo-hee-con-ueuhs, which they have preserved until the present day ; the rest of the 

 tribe having long since been extiuct. — G. C. 



ALGONKIN— PEQUODS. 



(See Algonkins.) 



Of the five principal nations of New England in 1674, the Pequods or Mohegans, the 

 two being considered as one, were tribes of considerable influence and strength of 

 numbers, claiming authority over all the Indians of the Connecticut Valley. Jona- 

 than Edwards states that the language of the Stockbridgeof Muhhekanew (Mohegan) 

 was spoken throughout New England. Nearly every tribe had a different dialect, 

 but the language was radically the same. Elliot's translation of the Bible is in a par- 

 ticular dialect of this language. The Stockbridges, so named from the place of their 

 residence, were originally a part of the Housatonic tribe of Massachusetts, to whom 

 the legislature of that State granted a section of land in 1736. They were subse- 

 quently removed to New Stockbridge and Brotherton, in Western New York, many 

 other tribes of New England and also of New York joining them. They had good 

 lands and fine farms, and were rapidly becoming worthy of citizenship, when, in 

 1857, they were removed to a reservation near Green Bay, Wisconsin, where they 

 now remain, on which their agent reported no white man could obtain a comfortable 

 livelihood by farming. They have been divided for some time into two bands, known 

 as the " citizen" and " Indian " factions, the former having lived off from the reser- 

 vation for the past twelve years. In 1875 one hundred and thirty-four of the " citi- 

 zens" received their per capita share of the tribal property, and became private cit- 

 izens of the United States. The tribe has one hundred and eighteen members re- 

 maining. — W. H. Jackson, 1877. 



STos. 1050, 1049, and 1065 of Hay den's Catalogue are fine specimens 

 of Stockbridge and Brothertons. 



PRESENT LOCATION AND NUMBER, JUNE 30, 1885. 



Stockbridges at Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, September, 1884, 136; 

 August 1, 1885, 133. All civilized, and speak the English language. 

 Of the Stockbridges, Agent Andrews writes as follows, in September, 



1884: 



There is but a remnant of this tribe remaining, numbering only 136, several divis- 

 ions of the tribe having been made, and a part each time becoming citizens. Under 

 the existing laws of the State of Wisconsin nearly all the male portion of this tribe 

 over twenty-one years of age are qualified electors, and I am unable to see any reason 

 why the whole tribe should not become citizens and their tribal relations abandoned, 

 and they brought under the influence and control of the laws of the State, but leav- 

 ing their lands held in trust by the Government and exempt from taxation for a lim- 

 ited period ; and I am inclined to the opinion that such a course would have a bene- 

 ficial effect upon the morals of the members of this tribe and greatly improve their 

 present condition. 



DEL-A-WAEES. 

 [Delawares: Laws of the United States. Dela wares: Indian Bureau, June, 1885.] 



Remains of a bold, daring, and numerous tribe, formerly of the States of Pennsyl- 

 vania and Delaware, and the terror of all the eastern tribes. Gradually wasted away 

 by wars, removals, small-pox, aud whisky ; now living on the western borders of 

 Missouri, and number only 824 ; lost by small-pox at different times, 10,000. 



