EditorialNathaniel Smibert, Portrait of Reverend Samson Occom, ca. 1751-1756, oil on canvas, 30 1/8 in. x 24 15/16 in. (76.52 cm x 63.34 cm), A member of Connecticut's Mohegan tribe, Samson Occom converted to Christianity and became a student of the Reverend El...
EditorialUNCAS AND MIANTONOMOH; Uncas was a sachem of the Mohegan who through his alliance with the English colonists in New England against other Indian tribes made the Mohegan the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut; Miantonomoh was a chief of ...