﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  1 
  33 
  

  

  and, 
  on 
  their 
  release 
  by 
  Tarenyawagon, 
  went 
  down 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   and 
  Hudson 
  to 
  the 
  sea. 
  Six 
  families 
  returned, 
  five 
  settling 
  suc- 
  

   cessively 
  as 
  Mohawks, 
  Oneidas, 
  Onondagas, 
  Cayugas 
  and 
  

   Senecas, 
  varying 
  their 
  language 
  and 
  becoming 
  distinct 
  nations. 
  

   The 
  sixth 
  passed 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  part 
  crossing 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  

   part 
  remaining 
  behind. 
  The 
  latter 
  turned 
  eastward, 
  entered 
  

   North 
  Carolina 
  and 
  became 
  the 
  Tuscaroras. 
  In 
  later 
  days 
  a 
  

   league 
  was 
  formed. 
  Though 
  some 
  have 
  accepted 
  this 
  order 
  of 
  

   settlement, 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  sites 
  discredits 
  this 
  westward 
  

   march, 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  entering 
  New 
  York 
  last 
  of 
  all. 
  

  

  Nicholas 
  Perrot, 
  the 
  French 
  interpreter, 
  an 
  early 
  and 
  good 
  

   authority, 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  was 
  formerly 
  

   Montreal 
  and 
  Three 
  Rivers. 
  . 
  .Their 
  removal 
  was 
  in 
  con- 
  

   sequence 
  of 
  a 
  quarrel 
  unexpectedly 
  occurring 
  between 
  them 
  and 
  

   the 
  Algonquins. 
  . 
  .This 
  explains 
  why 
  these 
  also 
  claim 
  the 
  

   island 
  of 
  Montreal 
  as 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  their 
  ancestors." 
  

  

  This 
  alludes 
  to 
  a 
  well 
  known 
  tale, 
  and 
  Champlain 
  said, 
  still 
  

   earlier, 
  that 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  left 
  there 
  " 
  more 
  than 
  60 
  acres 
  of 
  de- 
  

   serted 
  land 
  which 
  are 
  like 
  prairies." 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  whom 
  he 
  knew 
  

   were 
  Mohawks, 
  though 
  he 
  encountered 
  the 
  Oneidas. 
  

  

  Lafitau 
  quoted 
  an 
  early 
  tradition, 
  mentioned 
  by 
  him 
  alone 
  : 
  

   1 
  The 
  Mohawk 
  Iroquois, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  assert 
  that 
  they 
  wandered 
  a 
  

   long 
  time 
  under 
  the 
  conduct 
  of 
  a 
  woman 
  named 
  Gaihonariosk; 
  

   this 
  woman 
  led 
  them 
  about 
  through 
  all 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  America, 
  

   and 
  made 
  them 
  pass 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Quebec 
  is 
  now 
  

   situated. 
  . 
  . 
  This 
  is 
  what 
  the 
  Agniers 
  tell 
  of 
  their 
  origin." 
  

  

  In 
  M. 
  Pouchot's 
  Memoirs, 
  he 
  speaks 
  of 
  Sandy 
  creek 
  in 
  Jeffer- 
  

   son 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  River 
  Au 
  Sables, 
  in 
  Indian 
  Etcataragarenre, 
  is 
  remarkable 
  

   in 
  this, 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  branch, 
  called 
  Tecanonoua- 
  

   ronesi, 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  traditions 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  fix 
  the 
  

   spot 
  where 
  they 
  issued 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  or 
  rather, 
  according 
  to 
  

   their 
  ideas, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  born. 
  

  

  Indian 
  forts 
  are 
  frequent 
  there, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  an 
  early 
  home 
  of 
  

   the 
  Onondagas. 
  On 
  their 
  migration 
  farther 
  south 
  that 
  people 
  

   had 
  a 
  similar 
  tale 
  of 
  their 
  first 
  fort 
  at 
  Oswego 
  Falls. 
  There 
  they 
  

  

  