﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  It 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  all 
  known 
  Iroquois 
  towns 
  vvhieli 
  

   would 
  be 
  approximately 
  correct, 
  but 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  many 
  are 
  

   unknown 
  and 
  the 
  dates 
  are 
  conjectural. 
  Mr 
  L. 
  H. 
  Morgan 
  issued 
  

   one 
  of 
  much 
  interest, 
  but 
  it 
  covers 
  only 
  one 
  period, 
  is 
  largely 
  tra- 
  

   ditional 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  reference 
  to 
  early 
  times. 
  On 
  the 
  whole, 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  thought 
  better 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  maps 
  from 
  Champlain 
  

   onward, 
  replacing 
  the 
  obscure 
  names 
  of 
  places 
  by 
  numeral 
  refer- 
  

   ences 
  to 
  lists 
  admitting 
  of 
  some 
  explanation. 
  The 
  well 
  known 
  

   Jesuit 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  country 
  in 
  1665 
  is 
  omitted 
  from 
  these 
  

   because 
  of 
  its 
  lack 
  of 
  details, 
  and 
  others 
  for 
  other 
  reasons. 
  Those 
  

   given 
  are 
  among' 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  early 
  maps, 
  and 
  interesting 
  and 
  

   peculiar 
  features 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  all. 
  At 
  the 
  suggestion 
  of 
  

   Dr 
  F. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Merrill, 
  however, 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  probable 
  tribal 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  about 
  1600, 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  the 
  writer. 
  

  

  W. 
  M. 
  Beauchamp 
  

  

  Syracuse, 
  March 
  25, 
  1904. 
  

  

  