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Called "Mahican" from the Dutch, the Mohican homeland was along much of the Hudson River Valley. They became trading partners with the Dutch who founded Fort Orange (Albany) in 1614. Though much reduced in numbers and power by the early 1700s, the Mohicans served as scouts for the English throughout the French and Indians Wars.
Artist
Jud Hartman
Chingachgook
Date1983
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 34 × 15 × 16 in. (86.4 × 38.1 × 40.6 cm)
Object numberN0003.2022
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Mona Harris in Memory of Bruce S. Harris, M.D.
Photograph by Richard Walker.
Label TextThis sculpture represents James Fenimore Cooper's fictional character, Chingachgook, from his novel The Last of the Mohicans.Called "Mahican" from the Dutch, the Mohican homeland was along much of the Hudson River Valley. They became trading partners with the Dutch who founded Fort Orange (Albany) in 1614. Though much reduced in numbers and power by the early 1700s, the Mohicans served as scouts for the English throughout the French and Indians Wars.
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