Mahican

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• For the widow of Salisbury, see Deed from Certain Mahicans to Robert Livingston, July 18, 1683, ERA, 2:190-92.

  Academic text (2010)

• The last but four of the Mahicans.

  Stage Fright (1950)

• At the time of Edwards' installation, there were roughly 250 Housatonic Mahicans and a handful of Mohawk Indians in residence.

  Academic text (2003)

• Given that Edwards had to rely on a translator to convey his message, he no doubt attempted to simplify his delivery and avoid complex constructions that he believed would be difficult to render in Mahican, for Edwards believed that "there are not many good philosophers" among the American Indians.

  Academic text (2003)

• For 1666, see Peace Treaty between the Mohawks and the Mahicans, Albany, August 31, 1666, LIR, 34-35.

  Academic text (2010)

• Whether Edwards' complex body of theology survived translation into Mahican is impossible to know, but it is clear that Edwards believed it was possible to convey essential doctrine and for his Indian congregants to attain a saving faith, for among the surviving manuscripts is a collection of six Indian professions of faith.

  Academic text (2003)

• Word quickly reached John Sargeant in the remote Mahican Indian mission outpost at Stockbridge, and he reported in a November 24 letter to Williams that some people in Suffield were threatening to sue Pomeroy for slander.

  Academic text (2005)

• The Mahican people once inhabited the lush valleys along the Hudson River in New York.

• In the 17th century, the Mahican tribe interacted with European settlers in the northeastern United States.

Synonyms

M

Mohican

vsMahican

6 9.0

A Native American person from a group that once lived along the Hudson River

is limited to the Hudson valley within New York State

Compounds

M

Mahican language

9.9

A language the Mohican people once spoke in the northeastern United States that no one now speaks

Surface Forms

Etymology