Ma·hi·can 
(mə-hēkən) also Mo·hi·can (mō-, mə-)
(mə-hēkən) also Mo·hi·can (mō-, mə-)n. pl. Mahican or Ma·hi·cans also Mohican or Mo·hi·cans
1. A member of a Native American confederacy of subtribes formerly inhabiting the upper Hudson River valley, with present-day populations in Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
2. The Algonquian language of the Mahican.