Uncas

Also known as Onkus

Uncas () was a sachem of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes.

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Born: 1824
Died: 1887
Works: 81

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Officeholder.honorific_prefix: Sachem
Officeholder.name: Uncas
Officeholder.image: Uncas and Miantonomoh.jpg
Officeholder.caption: An 1874 illustration of Uncas killing Miantonomoh in 1643
Officeholder.office: Sachem of the Mohegans
Officeholder.birth_date: c.1588
Officeholder.death_date: c.1683 (aged 94-95)
Officeholder.death_place: New London, Connecticut Colony
Officeholder.children: Oneco
Officeholder.parents: Owaneco
Officeholder.occupation: Tribal Chief, soldier
Officeholder.signature: Document Signed by Uncas and His Squaw (cropped).jpg
Officeholder.allegiance: MohegansNew England Confederation
Officeholder.rank: War Chief
Officeholder.battles: War with the NarragansettPequot WarKing Phillip's War

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date of birth: 1600-01-01
date of death: 1683-00-00
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Early life and family
Pequot War
War with the Narragansett
King Philip's War
Legacy
See also
Footnotes
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Uncas () was a sachem of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes.

==Early life and family== thumb|upright=1.1|Document signed by Uncas and his wife Uncas was born near the Thames River in present-day Connecticut, the son of the Mohegan sachem Owaneco. Uncas is a variant of the Mohegan term Wonkus, meaning "Fox". He was a descendant of the principal sachems of the Mohegans, Pequots, and Narragansetts. Owaneco presided over the village known as Montonesuck. Uncas was bilingual, learning Mohegan and some English, and possibly some Dutch.