Uncas  
In the 1620s, Uncas, a Pequot sachem, quarrelled with the sachem Sassacus over European diplomacy. Uncas favored an alliance with the English, and in 1635 his followers left the Pequot tribe, took the tribal clan name of Mohegan, meaning “wolf people,” and settled at Shantock, on the west side of the Thames River. During the 1640s-60s, Uncas was at war with the Pocumtuck, and made several raids into the Connecticut River Valley.

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