Title:
An Ancient Indian Graveyard
Date:
April 7, 1889
Scope & Content:
Newspaper article reporting that the P. D. Murphy farm at Mohegan Connecticut was for sale. The farm contains the Mohegan graveyard, which was started in the seventeenth century. Among the inscriptions are the names Ashbow, Shantup, and Uncas. Another well preserved grave is that of Queen Esther. The article notes that Uncas' grave is marked with a monument in Norwich.
Mohegan
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Mohegan
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Object ID:
DOC.1889–04–07A
Object Name:
Newspaper Clippings
Collection:
Tribes – Mohegan 4A
People:
Murphy, P.D.
Uncas, Martha
Uncas
Ashbow, Samuel
Shantup
Esther
Uncas, Martha
Uncas
Ashbow, Samuel
Shantup
Esther
Search Terms:
Mohegan
graveyard
cemetery
graveyard
cemetery