THE MOHICANS ARE AN EASTERN ALGONQUIN SPEAKING TRIBE IN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY. AFTER 1680 THEY MOVED TO MASSACHUSETTS. IN 1820'S MANY DESCENDANTS MIGRATED TO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THEY CALL THEMSELVES "MUH-HE-CON-NEOK" OR PEOPLE OF THE WATER THAT ARE NEVER STILL. THEY WERE A CONFEDERACY VS. A SINGLE TRIBE AT THE TIME OF CONTACT. THEY HAVE FIVE MAIN DIVISIONS. OVER THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS TENSION DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE MOHICANS AND IROQUOIS AND MOHAWK, AS WELL DUTCH AND ENGLISH SETTLERS. THIS CAUSED THE MOHICANS TO MIGRATE EASTWARD TO MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT.
THE STOCKBRIDGE INDIANS ALLOWED PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES TO LIVE AMONG THEM IN THE 1700S. MANY INDIANS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR THEY WERE FORCED OFF THEIR LAND TO THE WEST AND IN 1780'S SETTLED IN NEW YORK. AT STOCKBRIDGE, AND JOINED THE ONEIDA OF THE IROQUOIS.
IN 1820S AND 1830S MOST OF THE STOCKBRIDGE MOVED TO WISCONSIN WHERE THEY WERE PROMISED LAND BY THE GOVERNMENT. THEY SETTLED WITH THE MUNSEE RESERVATION. THEY SETTLED WITH MUNSEE RESERVATION. THEY ARE THERE TODAY.
MOROVIAN CHURCH MISSIONARIES WANTED TO BRING THE PRESENT DAY PENNSYLVANIA MAHICAN VILLAGE TO CHRISTIANS. THEY CONVERTED THE FIRST CHRISTIAN INDIAN CONGREGATION IN THE U.S. IN 1740 THE NEW YORK COLONIAL GOVERNMENT EXPELLED MISSIONARIES FROM SETTLERS TOOK OVER MOHICAN GOVERNMENT. THE MOHICANS ARE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AND SURVIVE TODAY IN WISCONSIN.
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