Uncas
Sign in to saveUncas () was a sachem of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes.
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Key facts
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- Sachem
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- Uncas
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- Uncas and Miantonomoh.jpg
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- An 1874 illustration of Uncas killing Miantonomoh in 1643
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- Sachem of the Mohegans
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- c.1588
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- c.1683 (aged 94-95)
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- New London, Connecticut Colony
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- Oneco
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- Owaneco
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- Tribal Chief, soldier
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- Document Signed by Uncas and His Squaw (cropped).jpg
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Early life and family
- Pequot War
- War with the Narragansett
- King Philip's War
- Legacy
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
Uncas () was a sachem of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes.
==Early life and family== thumb|upright=1.1|Document signed by Uncas and his wife Uncas was born near the Thames River in present-day Connecticut, the son of the Mohegan sachem Owaneco. Uncas is a variant of the Mohegan term Wonkus, meaning "Fox". He was a descendant of the principal sachems of the Mohegans, Pequots, and Narragansetts. Owaneco presided over the village known as Montonesuck. Uncas was bilingual, learning Mohegan and some English, and possibly some Dutch.