﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  would 
  have 
  brought 
  succeeding 
  towns 
  well 
  into 
  the 
  Dutch 
  period, 
  

   and 
  would 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  abundant 
  European 
  ornaments. 
  The 
  

   earlier 
  ones 
  may 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  in 
  Canada. 
  Their 
  

   vessels 
  haunted 
  the 
  lower 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  trading 
  with 
  the 
  natives, 
  

   who 
  carried 
  their 
  wares 
  far 
  inland. 
  There 
  is 
  full 
  proof 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  Some 
  time 
  should 
  be 
  allowed 
  for 
  the 
  Mohawks' 
  exodus 
  ; 
  but 
  

   from 
  Champlain's 
  account 
  their 
  war 
  with 
  the 
  remaining 
  Canadian 
  

   Indians 
  should 
  be 
  dated 
  about 
  1570, 
  and 
  the 
  Algonquin 
  expulsion 
  

   from 
  Montreal 
  varied 
  little. 
  The 
  grandsire 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Algon- 
  

   quins 
  of 
  1642 
  had 
  lived 
  there, 
  and 
  70 
  years 
  is 
  ample 
  time 
  to 
  allow 
  

   for 
  this. 
  The 
  dates 
  may 
  then 
  be 
  1560 
  for 
  the 
  withdrawal 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mohawks, 
  a 
  little 
  later 
  for 
  the 
  occupancy 
  of 
  their 
  valley, 
  and 
  

   some 
  interval 
  may 
  have 
  elapsed 
  before 
  forming 
  the 
  league. 
  It 
  is 
  

   customary 
  to 
  date 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  Pyrlaeus 
  from 
  Hudson's 
  

   voyage, 
  but 
  that 
  explorer 
  probably 
  saw 
  no 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  it 
  

   seems 
  more 
  reasonable 
  to 
  count 
  from 
  active 
  trade 
  with 
  the 
  

   Dutch, 
  or 
  the 
  founding 
  of 
  Fort 
  Orange. 
  The 
  true 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  

   confederacy 
  seems 
  to 
  lie 
  between 
  the 
  years 
  1570 
  and 
  1600. 
  

  

  One 
  more 
  statement 
  may 
  help 
  us. 
  Bearing 
  in 
  mind 
  the 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  their 
  frequent 
  removals, 
  any 
  experienced 
  

   person 
  can 
  see 
  that 
  their 
  coming 
  into 
  New 
  York 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  placed 
  

   very 
  far 
  back, 
  for 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  sites 
  will 
  not 
  

   allow 
  this. 
  A 
  brief 
  period 
  covers 
  the 
  longest 
  occupation 
  of 
  any 
  

   early 
  site, 
  but 
  some 
  forts 
  were 
  inhabited 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  weeks. 
  A 
  

   good 
  observer 
  can 
  sometimes 
  closely 
  determine 
  the 
  time. 
  His- 
  

   tory 
  aids 
  us 
  a 
  little 
  here. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  Hurons 
  were 
  closely 
  

   related, 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  being 
  a 
  recent 
  offshoot 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  In 
  

   the 
  Relation 
  of 
  1639 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  Hurons 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  or 
  common 
  name 
  of 
  these 
  nations, 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  language 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  is 
  Ouendat 
  ; 
  the 
  individual 
  names 
  

   are 
  Attignaouantan, 
  Attigneenongnahac, 
  Arendahronons, 
  and 
  

   Tohontaenrat. 
  The 
  first 
  two 
  are 
  the 
  two 
  most 
  considerable, 
  as 
  

   having 
  received 
  and 
  adopted 
  the 
  others 
  into 
  their 
  country. 
  The 
  

   one 
  within 
  fifty 
  years 
  in 
  this, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  within 
  thirty. 
  The 
  

   first 
  two 
  speak 
  with 
  assurance 
  of 
  the 
  dwelling 
  of 
  their 
  ancestors, 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  situations 
  of 
  their 
  villages 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  

   hundred 
  years, 
  for, 
  as 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  observed 
  in 
  preceding 
  Relations, 
  

   they 
  are 
  oblige^ 
  to 
  change 
  their 
  place 
  at 
  least 
  every 
  ten 
  years. 
  

  

  