Excerpt from Uncas and Miantonomoh: A Historical Discourse, Delivered at Norwich, on the Fourth Day of July, 1842, on the Occasion of the Erection of a Monument to the Memory of Uncas, the White Man's Friend, and First Chief of the Mohegans The Indian name of uncas is far more familiar to the readers of fiction, than to those of veritable history, or even to the student of the early chronicles of New England. Its original possessor, so far'as history in forms us, was the bold and warlike chief of a powerful community of Indians, occupying a large portion of the territory now forming the State of Connecticut, when the Pilgrims began to plant themselves in that region He was the white man's friend, at a period when the friendship even of savage royalty was most welcome. To his fidelity the early planters of Connecticut were brought under obligations that have been but ill-requited to his house and his race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.