Litchfield enquirer., 1843-01-05
THE LAST OF THE MoHEGANs.

THE LAST OF THE MOHEGANS.
 Died, at Mohegan, Dec. 10. JOHN UNcAs, aged 50 years, the last male of the royal line of the celebrated chief of that name. He will be inferred, we understand, in the royal burying ground of the Mohegans, on the plain. Norwich (Conn) Cour
 The death of this descendant of the cele- brated Indian Chief is worthy of particular notice, at this time, when there are so few remnants in existence of the warlke tribes which inhabited the New England States, when the European Colonists first landed on their shores. One of the most noted of those tribes was that of the Mohegans, whose head quaters were on the banks of the river Thames, in Connecticut. The small reser- vation of land which the remnant of the Tribe still retains lies in the town of Mont vile. halfway between Norwich and New London, on beautiful eminence, in sight of both of those cities of Connecticut, (say five or six miles from each.) Their numbers at present do not exceed, we believe, one hun dred souls. The burial ground of the Sa- chems is in the town of Norwich and has been frequently noticed by antiquaries.
 The distinguished warrior, Uncas, whose name has added so much celebrity to the Mohegan tribe, was originally petty Sach- em; Pequod by birth, subject and tribu. tary to Sassacus. When the English settlers made war upon the Pequods, Uncas was un- friendly to this chieftain, but was kept in check by the talents and prowess of this for midable warrior. Of the English he enter- tained from the first very respectable opin- ion and finally united his forces and fortune with theirs. Upon the death of Sassacus, Uncas became the Sachem of the remaining Pequods, as we'll as of Rohegans. He claim ed in this character right to the territory comprising the most of that part of Connec- ticut east of Connecticut River. From that time he became one of the most formidable fndian Chiefs in the Southern part of New England. His authority extended not only over his own subjects but to other tribes West of the River. At the head of about 500 warriors he fought and defeated Miantino- nah. Chief of the Narragansetts, tribe in- habiting territories East of the Mohegans.- Uncas was steady friend to the English Colonists, and in 1859 gave a deed of the town of Norwich to Thomas Leffingwell and his friends, in consideration of important ant services rendered him by Leffingwell in ono of the wars between the Mohegans and Narragansetts.
 According to Doctor Dwight, Uncas died at an advanced age and left his power and property to his children. Onecho, his cid. est son, commanded party of Mohegans in a war which tho English carried on against the Narragansetts in 1876. The family, however, soon declined in their importance by the general declension of their tribe and the sale of their property to the whites;
 FIFE SoMERs MuftNY.--We find the iol- lowing paragraph in the Washington ie"e' of the Philadelphia North American;
 "Mr. Spencer still suffers very severely from his recent overwhelming attl'ction.- His health is seriously impaired by it. and he is rendered for the present quite incapa- ble of doing any business. l am told that enc day last week ai,er making great ef- fort he went to his offiee but fainted there and was obliged to retire. The communica- sion on the subject of the mG.iny, which ap. 0eared last week in the Madisol'ian, wtn tne >@,ure of s. has been said nut to DC the s,sI '4s,n of Ms. Spencer, but of his son-in. ouHS.' nv W. M. wris. The fact is, indeed, tEetl II .aw' ', m .ha I r'A writing of MT. Morris. eId ,ha, T inc m m nroofslip M~as corrected by him. put Una. . ,,sSl .Is ;nformaa nerso has any idea that he he was anv thing but the a. ."aanuensis oi 9ls fa,her.in.law. e @ t is not proba 1le that ,; MT; SDencer has any wish 10 disown "' " Ts <, the signature implies the contrary. " s.n comes from the family, it must have b. dictated and revised by him."
 AN ORNAMENT TO HER SEx.-The follow ing is n summary of the exploits of Queen of Syria. Cleopatra by name. She had been the fife of three Kings of Syria. and the mother of four. Two of her husbands sne had been the death of, and of her sons. one she murdered with her own hands. ana would have served another after the same fashion, only he poisoned her instead.
 Murrs.-The Lowell Courier, speaking of the useless size of ladiesimuffs, says: "rhey look very pretty, but, as we are practcai man. it seems great waste of fur that a huff as large as flour barrel, lined and stuffed and quilted, we suppose, should De deemed necessary tokeep warm the delicate delicate little soft wA;:.a ringers ot our e'''ate pre''y little bellies, and our more stately matro..
 Yet we do not find fault. We go for the lar Rest liberty for the ladies, If 1t takes the Girs of five dead foxes to warm the fingers ol one lady, it takes the cunning ot ten live FOX es to get tho money to pay for it sometimes
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