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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Mahican 
  lands 
  near 
  Rensselaerwyck 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  border, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  extent. 
  

   No 
  Mohawk 
  names 
  are 
  on 
  his 
  deeds. 
  Some 
  land 
  was 
  added 
  on 
  

   the 
  east 
  in 
  1637, 
  and 
  his 
  tract 
  was 
  24 
  miles 
  long 
  and 
  48 
  wide. 
  

   With 
  no 
  Mahicans 
  now 
  intervening, 
  the 
  Dutch 
  had 
  closer 
  rela- 
  

   tions 
  with 
  the 
  Mohawks. 
  A 
  few 
  Mahicans 
  lingered 
  in 
  their 
  old 
  

   homes 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  removed 
  were 
  sometimes 
  hostile, 
  but 
  

   at 
  a 
  later 
  day 
  many 
  returned 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  foes 
  

   became 
  allies 
  and 
  friends. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  6 
  

  

  French 
  visit 
  Hurons 
  and 
  Neutrals. 
  Daillon 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Increase 
  of 
  

   Iroquois 
  trade 
  and 
  strength. 
  War 
  with 
  Canadian 
  Indians. 
  Van 
  Curler's 
  

   journey 
  to 
  Oneida. 
  Each 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  first 
  mentioned 
  by 
  name. 
  

   Fear 
  of 
  Mohawks 
  in 
  New 
  England. 
  Canoe 
  fight. 
  Huron 
  war 
  continues. 
  

   A 
  Neutral 
  tribe 
  joins 
  the 
  Hurons. 
  Eries 
  described. 
  Iroquois 
  retaliate 
  

   on 
  French. 
  Montreal 
  founded. 
  Onontio. 
  French 
  forts 
  built. 
  Jogues 
  

   taken. 
  Mohawk 
  sacrifice. 
  

  

  Meanwhile 
  the 
  French 
  power 
  was 
  developing 
  in 
  Canada, 
  

   opposed 
  to 
  the 
  Dutch 
  in 
  religion, 
  nationality 
  and 
  trade, 
  and 
  this 
  

   soon 
  greatly 
  affected 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  nations. 
  Of 
  their 
  kindred 
  

   north 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  brief 
  mention 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  made. 
  All 
  

   were 
  populous 
  and 
  powerful, 
  but 
  less 
  warlike 
  than 
  others. 
  Their 
  

   towns 
  were 
  well 
  defended, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois. 
  During 
  war 
  they 
  abandoned 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  frontier 
  towns, 
  

   and 
  thus 
  the 
  Petuns 
  and 
  Hurons, 
  once 
  having 
  towns 
  farther 
  

   east, 
  were 
  now 
  thickly 
  grouped 
  between 
  Lake 
  Simcoe 
  and 
  the 
  

   Georgian 
  bay. 
  The 
  researches 
  of 
  Mr 
  A. 
  F. 
  Hunter 
  and 
  others 
  

   in 
  locating 
  and 
  describing 
  the 
  ossuaries 
  and 
  town 
  sites 
  of 
  these 
  

   nations, 
  have 
  greatly 
  enlarged 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  their 
  strength 
  

   and 
  age, 
  and 
  have 
  shown 
  the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  drew 
  back 
  into 
  

   their 
  historic 
  abodes. 
  The 
  Neutrals 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  little 
  to 
  

   dread, 
  and 
  yet 
  at 
  last 
  withdrew 
  their 
  outlying 
  villages 
  in 
  New 
  

   York, 
  confining 
  themselves 
  to 
  their 
  territory 
  between 
  Niagara 
  

   and 
  Detroit. 
  

  

  These 
  populous 
  nations 
  quickly 
  attracted 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  both 
  

   missionaries 
  and 
  traders. 
  Father 
  Joseph 
  le 
  Caron 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  

   Hurons 
  in 
  1615, 
  with 
  12 
  French 
  traders. 
  Champlain 
  found 
  him 
  

  

  