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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Mission of the Mountain, 267^; at- 

 tacked, 2341 



Mission of the Two Mountains, fort 

 at, 2791 



Missionaries, visit to Hurons and 

 Neutrals, 176^; experiences among j 

 savages, 177^; to Iroquois neces- 

 sary, 257*; at Onondaga and 

 Oneida, 305-. 



Missions, buildings, on Onondaga 

 lake, 207*; established, • 208*; 

 French, resumed in 1667, 218^-19^ ; 

 in Canada, 220*, 224^, 267^; aban- 

 doned, 228"; English proposed, 

 238^; among Onondagas and 

 Senecas, 255^; at Onondaga, 256^; 

 connection with trading posts for- 

 bidden, 270^; Moravian, 294®; 

 protestant, 346^-471 



Mississagas, 138®; join the Six 

 Nations, 286*; declare war, 287"; 

 called a seventh nation, 287^; war 

 with Ottawas, 299^; alliance, 303^; 

 hostile, 31 il See also Far Indians. 



Mississippi, Iroquois on branches of, 



293"- 



Mohawk, an Algonquin word, 159'. 



Mohawk flats, deed of, 3231 



Mohawk prayer book, new edition, 

 319', 323', 335'; of 1787, 339'-4o'; 

 Canadian edition, 372^; edited by 

 Brant, 372^ 



Mohawk valley, evidences of early 

 Iroquois occupation, 152^; John- 

 son's raids, 368^ 



Mohawks, origin, 133', 135^; lan- 

 guage, 136®; clans, 144%* advent of, 

 147^; reference to Cartier's visit, 

 149^-50^; varying fortunes, 151^; 

 exodus from Canada, 152*, 153"; 

 earliest forts, 152®; first towns in 

 New York, 152^; chiefs, I54^ 157^; 

 other names, 159*; symbols, 159', \ 

 164^ 338^; cannibalism, I59^ 241'; 

 council name, 159''; national j 

 boundary, 160" ; Delaware name, 

 161^; elder brother, 164'; remote 

 from Hudson river, 168' ; battle 

 with Champlain, i68°-69"; supposed 

 early treaty with, 173''; first treaty 



in 1645, 174^; defeat Dutch, 174'; 

 peace embassy to, 175°; towns, 

 names of, 179"; dreaded by other 

 Indians, 180'; attacks on French, 

 182^, 196'; collect tribute, 184"; 

 sacrifice to Aireskoi, 185^; stronger 

 than Hurons, 185^ ; peace concluded 

 with Hurons, 188^; resuscitate 

 Oneida, 188^; hunt with Algon- 

 quins, 189^; visit of deputies to 

 Montreal, 190'; attack on Huron 

 embassy, 193*; aid upper Iroquois, 

 196^; go against eastern Indians, 

 198*; Huron war against, 198®; 

 chief burned at Three Rivers, 198'; 

 enmity toward French, 199^; de- 

 feated by Hurons, 199^; join in 

 peace proposals, 200^; treaty with 

 Hurons, 200*; jealous of Onon- 

 dagas, 200^; alliance with Dutch, 

 205'; antagonism to Onondagas, 

 205^; almost at war with Senecas, 

 205*; assail French colony, 205'; 

 trouble with Senecas settled by ar- 

 bitration, 208*; carry off Hurons, 

 208^ ; plot ruin of French, 209^ ; 

 war with Ottawas, 209^-10^; num- 

 bers, 2io^ 277-, 291', 384', 385*; 

 invite Indians living near New 

 Amsterdam to live with them, 211''; 

 present at treaty with Esopus 

 Indians, 211^; send party against 

 Ottawas, 214°; attack Penobscot 

 Indians, 214®; and eastern Indians, 

 215*; attacked by Mahicans, 216'; 

 ambassadors killed by Abenaquiois, 

 216^ ; invasion by Governor de Cour- 

 celle, 217^; kill French hunters, 

 217'; towns destroyed, 218*; war 

 with Mahicans, 219"; condolence, : 

 220^ ; induced to renounce worship 

 of Agreskoue' 220^; peace with 

 Mahicans, 221^; treaty with Dutch, 

 222'; defeat King Philip, 222"; pre- 

 serve Andastes, 223°; four forti- i 

 fied towns in 1677, 224' ; rob 1 

 Mahicans, 225^ ; complained of by • 

 New Englanders, 225^ quiet in 

 1680, 225®; complained of by 

 Massachusetts commissioners, 226*; 



