单词	Mahican
释义	Mahican /ˈmahɪk(ə)n / (also Mohican) noun 1A member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting the Upper Hudson Valley in New York State. Compare with Mohegan.The US has hundreds of tribes of Native Americans, from the larger and familiar names of Apache, Sioux, Cherokee and Mohicans to the smaller and lesser-known Catawba, Kalispel and Quapaw.... Another ethnic group, the Mahicans, are descendants of American Indians who were brought to Saint David's Island from New York in the 1600s. He even went to Boston and Plymouth to consolidate an alliance with the Sokoquis, the Pennacooks, and the Mahicans against the Iroquois. 2 [mass noun] The extinct Algonquian language of the Mahicans.The Indians of the lower Hudson Valley spoke a dialect identified as Munsee; those living along the river to the north spoke Mahican.... Munsee, Mahican and Unami were closely related to each other. adjective Relating to the Mahicans or their language.Edward Baldwin's upstate New York roots were identified by the Oneida, Mohawk, Mohican, and Iroquois lodes.... Long a supporter of missionary effort and an advocate of Christianizing and ‘civilizing ‘Indians, Edwards in 1751 became a missionary to Mahican and Mohawk Indians at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.’ The Mahican language is no longer spoken, but the young people are trying to learn all about their history. Origin The name in Mahican, said to mean 'wolf'.
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