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Hendrick,
Mohawk chief; born about 1680; was son of a Mohegan chief, and married Hunnis, a Mohawk maiden, daughter of a chief.
He was a leading spirit in that nation, wise in council and eloquent in speech.
He attended the colonial con-
Hendrick. vention at Albany in 1754, and in 1755 joined Gen. William Johnson with 200 Mohawk warriors, at the head of Lake George.
In company with Colonel Williams, he and his followers were ambushed at Rocky Brook, near Lake George, and he was slain Mohawk chief; born about 1680; was son of a Mohegan chief, and married Hunnis, a Mohawk maiden, daughter of a chief.
He was a leading spirit in that nation, wise in council and eloquent in speech.
He attended the colonial con-
Hendrick. vention at Albany in 1754, and in 1755 joined Gen. William Johnson with 200 Mohawk warriors, at the head of Lake George.
In company with Colonel Williams, he and his followers were ambushed at Rocky Brook, near Lake George, and he was slain, Sept. 8, 1755.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iroquois Confederacy, the (search)