(1588?-1683?)
Our
school is named after the first Sachem of the Mohegan Indians, Uncas.
This is Uncas' story, as told by the present leader of the Storey Clan,
Walkingfox. "The Storey Clan is from the Abanaki Algonquin Nation."
--Sachem Rolling Thunder.
"After
Grand Sachem Wopigwooit, who died in 1631, the next Sachem of the Pequot
tribe, could have been either Uncas or Sassacus, because of their blood
lines. Most of the tribe wanted the leadership to go to Sassacus,
and so it did. After many years, many wars, and the loss of many
young braves of the nation nation of the Pequots, Chief Uncas tried to
get Sachem Sassacus to stop the wars and make peace with the white man.
Chief Uncas
tried to explain to his people, that if they continued on this path of
war and destruction, they would soon no longer exist.
So, Chief
Uncas took all who wanted to go and moved them across the Pequot River,
which is now called the Thames, to the Great Falls of the City of Kings,
which is now called Norwich, and named the Clan, the Mohegans. The
name Mohegan means Wolf. (Shortly after) this time, Uncas
became the Grand Sachem of the Mohegans." http://www.sachem-uncas.com
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