Sentence examples for Mahican from inspiring English sources
noun
Alternative form of Mohican
The Mahican homeland was along the upper Hudson River.
The Mahican homeland was along the upper Hudson River from the Catskill Mountains north to Lake Champlain in New York.
In 1662 a Dutch settler, Jan Frans van Hoesen, purchased the tract from the Mahican (Mohican) Indians; it was called Klauver Rachen (Clover Reach) and later Claverack Landing.
Mohican, also spelled Mahican, self-name Muh-he-con-neok, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe of what is now the upper Hudson River valley above the Catskill Mountains in New York state, U.S. Their name for themselves means "the people of the waters that are never still".
When English navigator Henry Hudson explored the region in the early 17th century, he encountered Algonquian-speaking Mahican (Mohican) Indians.
The Mahican (Mohican) and Wappinger Indians inhabited the region in the early 17th century.
The Mahicans (Mohicans) inhabited the area when European settlers arrived in the 18th century.
There were neither Mohegans nor Mahicans in Westchester County.
As I understand, the Mahicans called it by a phrase that meant "the river that runs both ways".
They were soon followed by other Indian tribes, including the Mahicans, the Iroquois and the Wappinger.
The Mahicans lived in that area and he was writing about them.
