| LC control no. | n 2002111921 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Uncas, Chief of the Mohegans, -1684 |
| Variant(s) | Uncas, chief of the Mohegan Uncas, chief of the Mohegans Uncas, Chief of the Mohegans, d. 1684 Poquim, Chief of the Mohegans, -1684 Poquoiam, Chief of the Mohegans, -1684 Fox, Chief of the Mohegans, -1684 |
| Associated country | Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut |
| Birth date | 1605~ |
| Death date | 1684 |
| Found in | Oberg, Michael Leroy. Uncas, c2003: e-CIP t.p. (Uncas, first of the Mohegans) galley ("Mohegan indian sachem" [leader]; flourished in 17th c. Connecticut, assisted colonists in war against the Pequot indians, 1636-37; June 13, 1683 made a land grant; in June 1684 his son Owaneco identified himself as "son of Uncas, deceased" in a land deed, "at some point during the course of the year Uncas had died") LC data base, 2002-09-24 (subj. hdgs.: Uncas, chief of the Mohegan; Uncas, chief of the Mohegans) Hodge. Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico, 1907-1910 (Uncas; corruption of Wonkus, "fox," lit. "the circler"; A Mohegan chief; He was also known as Poquim of Poquoiam; His death occurred in 1862 or 1863) The encyclopedia of native American biography, ©1997: page 401 (Uncas; Mohegan, c. 1605-1682; founder of the Mohegans as a band of dissident Pequots; Uncas' name (which means "Fox" in Pequot)) |
| Not found in | Portrait index of North American Indians in published collections, 1992 |
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