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It must be school time once again and I am pleased to be getting your letters. I have been getting letters from all over the world and am answering them as quickly as possible. I believe that some letters should even be answered on this web page for all to see. Gary asks, “I have a picture of your Sachem Uncas on my site, I found the picture in the Cooper
book, is it a correct likeness to Uncas”? O.K. Gary Here's the thing, there are no real pictures ever taken of Sachem Uncas however, I believe that these
picture's are as close as anyone can come to what a leader of the New England native people would look like in that time period! http://ancientgreece-earlyamerica.com/mystic_fiasco.html This should give you an idea of what the people looked like back in the time of Uncas! While reading this page please keep in mind that this is just a fable attempt by some to try to change
the past however Gary, the past is the past, if you feel the need to learn the truth please read the book Without Reservation: The Making of America's Most Powerful Indian Tribe by Jeff Benedict. The fictional novel by James Fennimore Cooper and then movie (The last of the Mohicans) is just that,
a fictional story! Like so many of Hollywood movies and Novels it was written just to sell more books. By the time Sachem Uncas was born our people no longer lived in the Great Lakes area, they were living
in the New England area and were known as Pequot’s not Mohicans. Also if you trace the Mohegan’s back to Pequot’s then back to the Mohican people then back
to the Great lakes you will find that Uncas ancestors the Mohican/Mohawks did not have long hair, the time period that this
picture is showing there was no black top, no cement, no cars, trucks or buildings so, running through the Mohegan and Mohican
area bushes, briers and trees after or from the enemy or for the hunting of food, an American native would get his hair caught
and ripped out! Gary, This picture that you show is a Plains Indian War bonnet, this war bonnet had an Eagle feather
for every battle won by the person wearing this bonnet, the New England natives had no such thing, we only had many smaller
battles with the Europeans at first contact and we lost them all! Remember at this FIRST CONTACT the American natives did not know that the Europeans came to take and
destroy; they believed them when they said that they came for friendship and trade! The movie, The Last of the Mohicans, is a 1992 film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War, this
war was not in the Great lakes but through-out the New England area. Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor. Eric Schweig (born Ray Dean Thrasher on 19 June 1967 [1]) is a Canadian actor and acted as Chingachgook's
son Uncas; Sachem Uncas father was not named Chingachgook. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chingachgook Russell Charles Means (Lakota: Oyate Wacinyapin; born November 10, 1939) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Russell-Means/45145812212 is one of contemporary America's best-known and prolific activists for the rights of American Indians,
Russell Means has also pursued careers in politics, acting, and music. I have met Mr. Means and his followers, I believe him
to be a great leader of our American Native people and I would never have bad words about my friend. However, as good an actor as Russell Means is, he was only acting his part for that movie! Copyright © 1999 - 2009 -Sachem-Uncas.com All rights reserved. Translate this page into:
         
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this notepad to send me any comments or questions Taw-but-ni (Thank-you) Walkingfox
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