The MAHICANS.

The territory of the Mablcans joined the Wappingers and Sequins on the south, and stretched thence north, embracing the head waters of the Hudson, the Housatonic and the Connecti cut, and the water-shed of lakes George and

Champlain.

The

chieftaincies of the tribe have a very imperfect preservation, but its I. The Mahicans, general divisions are indicated by the terms as applied to that portion occupying the valley of the Hudson and :

the Housatonic ; 2. The Soquatucks, as applied to those east of the Green Mountains ; 3. The Pennacooks, as applied to those u from Haverhill to the sources of the occupying the territory

Connecticut ;

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4.

The

Horikans,

who

occupied

the

Lake

George district, and 5. The Nawaas immediately north of the The first of these general divisions Sequins on the Connecticut. was again divided into at least five parts, as known to the au

New York, viz

The Mahicans, occupying the Albany 2. The Wiekagjwks, described Wassenaar as "next below the Maikens ;" 3. The Mechby thorities of

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I.

country in the vicinity of

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kentowoons lying above Katskill and on Beeren or Mahican Island ; 4. The Wawyachtonocks* who apparently resided in the

western parts of Dutchess and Columbia counties, and 5. The At the Westenhucks, who held the capital of the confederacy. time of the discovery those embraced in the first subdivision had a castle on what is now known as Haver island, called by

them Cohoes, on the west side of the river, just below Cohoes falls, under the name of Monemius' castle, and another on the east bank and south of the first, called Unuwat's castle. 3 At