| LC control no. | sh 85079852 |
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| LC classification | E99.M12 |
| Topical heading | Mahican Indians |
| Variant(s) | Mohican Indians (N.Y.) Muhhekaneew Indians River Indians (N.Y.) |
| See also | Algonquian Indians Indians of North America--New York (State) Moravian Indians |
| Found in | Britannica online, Nov. 30, 2010 (Mohican, also called Mahican; known to Dutch and the English as the River Indians; lived in what is now the upper Hudson River Valley in N.Y. State; not to be confused with the Mohegan tribe in Connecticut; moved to what is now Stockbridge, Mass. after war with the Mohawks) Edwards, J. Observations on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, 1823. Correspondence with the American Antiquarian Society, June 30, 2021 (There is long-standing confusion that exists between the Mahican Indians and Mohegan Indians. The Mohegan Indians are a Connecticut tribe, but the Mahicans, about whom Edwards was writing in "Observations on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians," originated in Stockbridge, Mass. Edwards did serve as pastor for a time in Stockbridge. Records in OCLC for Edwards's work are split--some correctly trace "Mahican" (including "Observations on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians"), but many others trace "Mohegan." The confusion really began with Edwards himself because he used the word "Mohegan" in his work, even though he's clearly talking about the tribe in Stockbridge. Understandably, many catalogers, following established practice, took him at his word and used "Mohegan," and it stuck. Before our copy of the work here at AAS was recently re-evaluated, the record traced "Mohegan" instead of "Mahican.") |
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