Weramaug Mohegan (CHU-SHU-MACH)

Abt 1658 - Abt 1735  (77 years)

• Name	Weramaug Mohegan (CHU-SHU-MACH)
  Birth	Abt 1658	Wequaudauch, Mohegan, Conn
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1735	New Milford, Litchfield, Conn
  Person ID	I1626	Coombs
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Chief To-We-Tan-Om-On,   b. Abt 1634, Old Milford, , Conn d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	(Princess),   b. Abt 1633, Indian Pond, Conn d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Mercy CAROLINE, (Native Indian),   b. Abt 1688, of Littlefield, Litchfield, Conn d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Waramaug succeeded Squantz in 1725 as sachem of the Potatuck Native American tribe, folded into the current Schaghticoke tribe, who lived along the length of the Housatonic River, until his death in 1735.[1] He was succeeded as sachemship of the Potatuck after his death by one of Chief Squantz's sons, Mauwehu. According to Tomaino citing Smith, he ruled in a time when the Wepawaugs, Pequannocks, Paugassetts, and Pootatucks were reblending into a single tribe.[1][2] According to Tomaino citing Orcutt, "That Waramaug was 'the most potent prince of that or any other day in this colony,' is probably a very correct judgment, and would have been demonstrated had there been any occasion for Indian Wars, since he could have called into the field all the warriors of Western Connecticut."[1][3] A monument to Waramaug was erected after his death in 1735, near the gorge to the northeast of Falls Mountain.[1][3] Lake Waramaug is named after him. An alternative name of "Wehanonaug" is given in Tomaino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waramaug