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Uncas

(?1606–82) Pequot/Mohegan leader; born in present-day Connecticut. He led rebellions against his father-in-law, Sassacus, the Pequot leader, eventually taking over part of the Pequot lands and ruling its people under their new tribal name, the Mohegans. He maintained power throughout much of his life with the help of the English colonists, whom he supported in the Pequot War (1636–37) and King Philip's War (1675–76).
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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He always quoted Uncas and his father, who from his wisdom was called the Great Serpent, as models of heroism and constancy."
Market support for Henry De Bromhead's MY UNCAS, who was brought down on his debut, would be very interesting with Patrick Mullins taking the ride.
To support his analysis, Bushman uses tax lists and probate inventories along with biographical treatment of some well-known (Jefferson, Washington, Lincoln) and some lesser-known (Herman Husband, Mohegan sachem Uncas, Hector St.
This differs, for example, from what might be called the "Cora and Uncas" principle as Fenimore Cooper's characters explore a miscegenation in which people of color hope to move towards whiteness.
If none like Miantonomoh succeeds cruel English puppet prince Uncas will rule but rapidly lose followers.
To him, Uncas, the noble Indian chief and Magua, the savage villain, are alike.
Uncas is a principal character in which James Fenimore Cooper novel?
(8) He raced at more or less the same time and even in the company of other horses whose careers Hemingway followed: Heros XII, Epinard, Ksar (Hemingway spells it Kzar in "My Old Man"), and Uncas. (9) Hemingway wrote about these horses with affection in Death in the Afternoon (5, 109, 185, 499), wrote about studying the horses and going to the races with Hadley in A Moveable Feast (MF 50-52, 61-62; MF-RE 42-44, 51-53), and mentioned his excursions to the Parisian racetracks in his letters (Letters vol.
I hit West last weekend while there for the Northeast UNCAS ski race championships, in which my son was competing for UMass.
The others are the Mohegan of Connecticut from whom Cooper borrowed the name of one of their 17th century sachems (chiefs) Uncas, to become a central character of his saga.
Its CEO, Uncas Favret III, commented that the financing extension indicated the confidence of the company's investors in the potential of Vestex.