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An individual member of the Mohawk people.

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(also mohawk) A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.

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A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.

He established himself on the south bank of the Mohawk river, about 25 m.

The portage at this place between the Mohawk river and Wood Creek, which are about 1 m.

The most popular punk hair style is the mohawk.

In 1796 a canal was built across the old portage between Wood Creek and the Mohawk river.

As a reward for his services the king granted him a tract of 10o,000 acres of land north of the Mohawk river.

His Son, SIR John Johnson (1742-1830), Who was knighted in 1765 and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, took part in the French and Indian War and in the border warfare during the War of Independence, organizing a loyalist regiment known as the "Queen's Royal Greens," which he led at the battle of Oriskany and in the raids (1778 and 1780) on Cherry Valley and in the Mohawk Valley.

Thence westward the Mohawk Valley furnishes a highway which is followed by canal, railway and waggon road.

The physiography has enabled the state to become a great highway of commerce between the central part of the United States and the sea-coast, by rail and by water, along the Mohawk Gap and by other routes.

Knitting by machinery was introduced into America in 1831 at Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk river; the products, consisting largely of underwear, were valued at $46,108,600 in 1905.

The first railway in the state and the second in operation in the United States was the Mohawk & Hudson, opened from Albany to Schenectady in 1831.

A project adopted by the state for the enlargement of the Erie provides for a new route up the Hudson from Troy to Waterford and thence to the Mohawk river above Cohoes Falls.

Up the Mohawk to Rome the old route is for the most part to be retained; but from Rome to Clyde there is to be a diversion so as to utilize Oneida Lake and Oneida and Seneca rivers.

Colonel Barry St Leger led an auxiliary expedition from Oswego against Fort Stanwix on the upper Mohawk, and on the 6th of August he fought at Oriskany one of the most bloody battles of the war, but a few days later, deserted by his terror-stricken Indian allies, he hastened back to Montreal.

The year 1778 saw the bloody operations of the Tory Butlers and their Loyalist and Indian allies in the Mohawk and Schoharie valleys and notably the massacre at Cherry Valley.

Only by way of the Hudson and Mohawk valleys, and round about the southern termination of the system were there easy routes to the interior of the country, and these were long closed by hostile aborigines and jealous French or Spanish colonists.

The border of this part of the plateau descends eastward by a single strong escarpment to the Hudson valley, from which the mountains present a fine appearance, and northward by two escarpments (the second being called the Helderberg Mountains) to the Mohawk Valley, north of which rise the Adirondacks; but to the south west the dissected highland continues into Pennsylvania and Virginia, where it is commonly known as the Alleghany plateau.

When the two lowlands are traced eastward they become confluent after the Niagara limestone has faded away in central New York, and the single lowland is continued under the name of Mohawk Valley, an east-west longitudinal depression that has been eroded on a belt of relatively weak strata between the resistant crystalline rocks of the Adirondacks on the north and the northern escarpment of the Appalachian plateau (Catskills-Helderbergs) on the south; forming a pathway of great historic and economic importance between the Atlantic seaports and the interior.

After a brief visit to France, where he was treated with high honour, he returned to the Mohawk country in May 1646 and ratified a treaty between that tribe and the Canadian government.

It is served by the Ulster & Delaware, by the Susquehanna division of the Delaware & Hudson, and by the Oneonta & Mohawk Valley (electric) railways.

On the south and southwest the waters flow either directly into the Hudson, which rises in the centre of the group, or else reach it through the Mohawk.

According to tradition Schenectady stands on the site of the chief village of the Mohawk Indians, and its name, of which there are many different spellings in early records, is probably of Indian origin; on an early map (1665) it appears as Scanacthade.

For some years after the completion of the Erie Canal, Schenectady, which had formerly been an important depot of the Mohawk river boat trade to the westward, suffered a decline.

It is served by the New York Central & Hudson river, and the West Shore railways, by the Utica & Mohawk Valley Electric railroad, and by the Erie canal.

Sporting a new blond Mohawk hairstyle, Azlan played with confidence.

You don't have to have a Mohawk just a serious desire for your hair to stay put.

After downloading the picture to your computer, use the paint tool to give him a green Mohawk and a nose ring.

The name Mohawk lives on onboard the USCGC Mohawk lives on onboard the USCGC Mohawk she operates in the Florida Keys.

Mohawk hairstyle, Azlan played with confidence.

Mohawk people survived because of prayer, because of ingenuity, and because they had a wonderful sense of humor.

The name Mohawk lives on onboard the USCGC Mohawk she operates in the Florida Keys.

Troy is served by the Boston & Maine, the New York Central & Hudson River and the Delaware && Hudson railways, and by interurban electric lines connecting with Saratoga and Lake George on the north, Albany on the south and Schenectady and the cities of the populous Mohawk Valley on the west; it is at the head of river steamboat navigation on the Hudson, and has water communication by means of the Erie and Champlain canals with the Great Lakes and Canada.

He prepared plans for the construction of a canal between the Hudson river and Lake Champlain before 1776, and, in 1792-1796, carried to a successful conclusion a more pretentious scheme for connecting the Hudson with Lake Ontario by way of the Mohawk, Oneida Lake and the Onondaga river.

In a middle section of the system, from the Hudson river in southern New York to the James river in southern Virginia, the crystalline belt is narrowed, as if by the depression of its south-eastern part beneath the Atlantic Ocean or beneath the strata of the Atlantic coastal plain which now represents the ocean; but the stratified belt is here broadly developed in a remarkable series of ridges and valleys determined by the action of erosion on the many alternations of strong and weak folded strata; and the plateau assumes full strength southward from the monochinal Mohawk valley which separates it from the Adirondacks.

But the Hudson is strikingly exceptional in this respect; it possesses a deep and navigable tide-water channel all through its gorge in the highlands, a feature which has usually been explained as the result of depression of the land, but may also be explained by glacial erosion without change of land-level; a feature which, in connection with the Mohawk Valley, has been absolutely determinative of the metropolitan rank reached by New York City at the Hudson mouth.

Mohawk Flooring allows you to browse the different brands Mohawk offers, and then use the store locator to find a shop near you.

If you're looking for a premium quality floor covering, consider looking at Mohawk area rugs.

Mohawk is a flooring company that offers hardwood, carpet, laminate and ceramic tile flooring in addition to their rugs.

Mohawk has different designer styles of rugs in their Mohawk Select Lines.

There are still more collections of designer Mohawk rugs available at selected retailers.

The superior quality and great looking styles of Mohawk area rugs might be good enough reasons for most people to buy these rugs.

However, since 1999, Mohawk has been operating the world's largest integrated plastic bottle recycling facility.

Not only does Mohawk recycle plastic bottles, the company also uses green technology to upgrade their facilities and manufacturing processes in an effort to save resources like water and natural gas and use alternative forms of energy.

When you buy products from Mohawk, you are buying from an eco-friendly manufacturer.

If you would like to see a Mohawk rug in person, you will need to locate a dealer in your area.

The easiest way to find a dealer is by going to Mohawk online and entering your zip code on their dealer locator box at the top of the page.

You can also find Mohawk rugs at Home Depot, Lowes and Target.

Mohawk rugs come with a 1 year manufacturer's warranty.

Hold the remote in countless different positions -- such as at your side like a sword or atop your head like a mohawk -- and move as fast as you can to work through the mini-games.

Birdie is easily distinguished by his blonde mohawk, leather jacket, and strangely shaped shoes.

The historic Peebles Island offers miles of hiking paths along the river rapids of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers.