Trumbull, in his History the expresses opinion, of Connecticut, that the Pequots and Mohegans were one " tribe and took their names from the Massachusetts place of their situation." east as has

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THE INDUN TRIBES

followers,

to Hartford,

where he formed an

alliance with the

In the subsequent wars between the English

English in 1638.

and the Pequots, he remained faithful to the former, and, when the Pequots were blotted out as a nation, 1 received a portion of its survivors as his reward. He subsequently became one of the most powerful chiefs of the country, and the petted favorite

Originally of the same stock ; controlled by the same traditionary hostility to the Mohawks ; influenced by the conflict for jurisdiction between the Dutch

of the English of Connecticut.

and the English "to the Connecticut, it is not at all improbable that he was frequently found sustaining his brethren on the Hfudson, and that they in turn recruited his numbers to some

The organization under Uncas, however, was clearly from that of the Hudson confederacy. 4 The latter were powerful in themselves, and in their recognized confede extent. 3 distinct

rated

allies,

and successfully disputed the prowess of

their

Mohawk rivals. The third of the great divisions or confederations represented on the Hudson was the LENNI LENAPES, a name which they applied to themselves, and which has had various interpretations,

among others, that of original

and unmixed people.

people,

They were also called by [the generic name of Wapanachki,