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  • proper noun Plural form of Mohawk.

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Examples

  • The maid was frightened out of her wits at the sight of these strangers, who were Mohawks from the Indian woods upon the Bay of Quinté, and they brought along with them a horse and cutter.

    Roughing It in the Bush 1852

  • They were Mohawks from the Six Nations of The Grand River reserve, in Southern Ontario.

    PhotoHunter: Veterans « Mudpuddle 2009

  • They were Mohawks from the Six Nations of The Grand River reserve, in Southern Ontario.

    2009 November 07 « Mudpuddle 2009

  • At about the same time, the cabinet was alarmed by a new danger in the northern colonies, where the Mohawks were the staunchest allies of the English.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • At about the same time, the cabinet was alarmed by a new danger in the northern colonies, where the Mohawks were the staunchest allies of the English.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • At about the same time, the cabinet was alarmed by a new danger in the northern colonies, where the Mohawks were the staunchest allies of the English.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • At about the same time, the cabinet was alarmed by a new danger in the northern colonies, where the Mohawks were the staunchest allies of the English.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Some First Nation tribes wore Mohicans or what is known as Mohawks, forelocks, scalplocks, squash blossoms, butterfly whorls, and chongos.

    Thunder Bay & Lessons Not Learned from Residential Schools Renee 2009

  • Some First Nation tribes wore Mohicans or what is known as Mohawks, forelocks, scalplocks, squash blossoms, butterfly whorls, and chongos.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Renee 2009

  • Bruce Trigger writes of the two battles: This was the last time that the Mohawks were a serious threat along the St. Lawrence River until the 1630s.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

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