How did the Mohegan
prayer rock get its name?
05/05/2012
Because of War Chief
Cauchegan
How did the Mohegan
prayer rock get its name?
As told by the
elders at our gatherings,
a warrior tribe from just up north
came down as per
usual at harvest time
to raid and destroys the three sisters
(Corn, beans and
squash)
And take our young
girls.
Sachem Uncas,
knowing this, had his warriors stationed at point of travel
On this day the
warring tribe from the north makes the mistake of trying to pass through a
Mohegan party with a young warrior names Cauchegan.
This battle went on
for many hours with the larger northern warriors winning most of the time.
Just after sun set,
as it was told to me by our elders they tried one more large attack however,
young Cauchegan did not know that he was suppose to lose his ground.
Time and time again
the enemy attacked and each time they suffered great losses until they finely
just gave up and went back to their land in tremendous humiliation.
Sachem Uncas hearing
of these battles made this young warrior his northern war chief and set his
family in the place of honor at the foot of the prayer rock and named this area
Cauchegan land.
I did a book report
about this while attending Bulkeley Junior High and again while at (NLHS 1956),in New London, Connecticut,
United States
I found all of this
information at the Raymond hill, New London, Westerly, and the Preston
libraries back in the late 1950's that confirmed our teaching.
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