NOUN
- the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
How To Use Mahican In A Sentence
- The similarity between their names is due to coincidence and European mispronunciation -- "Mahican" comes from the word Muheconneok, "from Drag to Playlist WN.com - Articles related to Ten tips for expectant mothers
- The locale was initial settled around 1740 by Moravian missionaries to a native Mahican village of Shekomeko. Archive 2009-11-01
- This error has persisted, and Americans today might be surprised to learn that the Mahican are very much alive and living in Wisconsin under the name, Stockbridge Indians. History of American Women
- The Sokoki and Pocumtuc (Connecticut River in western Massachusetts) had a long history of hostility with the Iroquois, and helped the Mahican in their war against the Mohawk (1624-28), with the Pennacook being drawn in as allies of the Sokoki. History of American Women
- The similarity between their names is due to coincidence and European mispronunciation -- "Mahican" comes from the word Muheconneok, "from WN.com - Articles related to Ten tips for expectant mothers
- One historian of the Iroquois observes that by the start of the seventeenth century they were “at odds with all their neighbors—Algonquin and Huron to the north, Mahican on the east, and Susquehannock to the south.” Champlain's Dream