﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  1 
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  The 
  Maskoutins, 
  or 
  Assistaeronons, 
  were 
  the 
  Fire 
  Nation, 
  

   more 
  properly 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  prairies, 
  and 
  were 
  also 
  called 
  Odislas- 
  

   tagheks. 
  They 
  lived 
  in 
  Michigan, 
  and 
  iooo 
  Maskoutins 
  and 
  

   Outagamis 
  were 
  reported 
  as 
  massacred 
  near 
  Detroit 
  in 
  1712. 
  

   They 
  were 
  foes 
  of 
  the 
  Neutral 
  nation, 
  suffering 
  much 
  from 
  them. 
  

   The 
  Nipissings, 
  or 
  Nipissiriniens, 
  had 
  this 
  Algonquin 
  name 
  from 
  

   nippij 
  water, 
  and 
  were 
  called 
  Squekaneronons 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  

   from 
  Lake 
  Skekouen. 
  The 
  Sacs 
  and 
  Foxes, 
  of 
  the 
  Algonquin 
  

   family, 
  at 
  first 
  lived 
  north 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  but 
  went 
  west. 
  The 
  

   Iroquois 
  called 
  the 
  latter 
  Ouaksies. 
  

  

  The 
  Catawbas 
  were 
  termed 
  Flatheads, 
  and 
  some 
  give 
  the 
  same 
  

   name 
  to 
  the 
  Choctaws, 
  Cherokees 
  and 
  others. 
  The 
  Saponies 
  

   and 
  Toteros 
  or 
  Tuteloes 
  were 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Catawbas, 
  who 
  

   removed 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  Nanticokes 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  Tockwoghs 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  

   They 
  were 
  called 
  Unechtgo, 
  Tawachguano, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   Skaniadarighroonas, 
  afterward 
  going 
  west. 
  Some 
  consider 
  the 
  

   Conoys 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  these. 
  After 
  a 
  brief 
  residence 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   both 
  lived 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  on 
  the 
  Chenango 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  Cherokees 
  were 
  the 
  Oyadagaono, 
  called 
  also 
  T'kwentah- 
  

   euhnane, 
  People 
  of 
  a 
  Beautiful 
  Red 
  Color. 
  

  

  The 
  early 
  writers 
  classified 
  our 
  northern 
  aborigines 
  as 
  nomadic 
  

   and 
  sedentary, 
  the 
  latter 
  having 
  towns 
  continuously 
  inhabited 
  

   and 
  fields 
  steadily 
  cultivated. 
  These 
  remained 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  

   in 
  a 
  place, 
  removing 
  when 
  fuel 
  and 
  fields 
  were 
  exhausted. 
  

   Agriculture 
  was 
  rude, 
  and 
  the 
  staples 
  were 
  the 
  three 
  supporters 
  

   of 
  life, 
  corn, 
  beans 
  and 
  squashes, 
  with 
  tobacco, 
  added 
  as 
  a 
  solace 
  

   in 
  rest 
  or 
  an 
  aid 
  in 
  council. 
  Squashes 
  were 
  dried 
  for 
  winter 
  use, 
  

   and 
  corn 
  and 
  beans 
  were 
  kept 
  in 
  chests 
  in 
  houses, 
  or 
  in 
  deep 
  pits 
  

   in 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  found 
  fish 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  

   and 
  game 
  in 
  the 
  forest, 
  but 
  could 
  only 
  dry 
  or 
  smoke 
  these 
  for 
  

   preservation, 
  not 
  knowing 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  salt. 
  Fruits 
  were 
  dried 
  and 
  

   nuts 
  gathered, 
  the 
  latter 
  furnishing 
  an 
  agreeable 
  oil. 
  

  

  When 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  whites, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  almost 
  abandoned 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  earthworks, 
  preferring 
  instead 
  their 
  strong 
  palisades. 
  

   Their 
  houses 
  were 
  long, 
  narrow, 
  and 
  of 
  bark, 
  nor 
  did 
  they 
  adopt 
  

  

  