Miami Rapids, council of tribes at, 291 Mingoes, origin of, 257 Minichque, a Mahican sachem, mortally injured by negroes, 185; biographi cal notice of, 319 Minnisinks, a chieftaincy of Minsis, lo cation and villages of, 965 one of, charged with murder at Esopus, 127; take part in war of 1689,

178 j visited by Arent Schuyler, l8ij invite Shawanoes to settle

among, 181 5 Minsis defrauded of killed, at, at, 217; settlers 222 j devastations in war of 1756, stationed Count Pulaski at, 238 ;

lands

277 j destruction of settlement 278 j battle of, 278 Minsis, a tribal division

at,

of Lenapes, 50,

93 ; totem and chieftaincies of, 50, at war with the Senecas, 685 obtain fire-arms from the Swedes,

69,

205 Senecas aided

hawks against, 68, 165 by

Senecas,

;

Mo

by subjugated

68, 165 ; a

portion

de ; cimated by small pox, 181 j Shawasettle

among the Ottawas, 177

tection against the Mahicans, 59; attacked by the Mahicans at Cagh-

Fort Orange, 131 j Dutch send em

Esopus Indians, 133; send embassy to Esopus to negotiate peace, 136} regard Esopus war as having been caused by the Dutch, 141 j included in peace of Esopus, 145 ; complain of* bad treatment, 144; castles destroyed by the French, 175 j Zinzendorp's statement concerning, 187; chiefs visit

England, i88j in expedition 189} in expedition

against Canada,

Crown Point, 223 j aid the English in war of Revolution, 273 j retirement of, J:o Ouise river, 289

against

Mohegan, meaning of, 50 Mohegans, a Pequot clan, 63 Monemius, castle, 85 Monakadook, Seneca half-king, mission of, 233 Montauks, location of, 75; chieftaincies of, 72; originally a part of Mahican confederation,