Uncas
Americannoun
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Her favorite is Newell Convers Wyeth, best known for his classic book illustrations of characters like Uncas in “The Last of the Mohicans” and the pirates in “Treasure Island.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
Anguerra had arranged to sell the Uncas too.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2021
Between February 1841 and March 1843, the Uncas made nearly two dozen round trips between New Orleans and Havana.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2021
Dornford commandeered the Uncas and began sailing for Sierra Leone, but conditions on the impossibly overcrowded brig deteriorated rapidly.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2021
Uncas, standing ready to die before the Delaware, when an enemy warrior tears off his hunting shirt revealing the bright blue tortoise tattooed on Uncas’s breast.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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