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Father Bressani said; (i) "Southward a little towards the 

 west, came the neutral nation, whose first villages were not 

 more than ioo miles distant from the Hurons; the territory of 

 this nation extended through the space of 150 miles". 



On Sanson's map of 1656, (2) two locations are noted for 

 this nation. The name occurs west of the Niagara River and 

 again far south of Lake Erie. Mr. Goldthwaite suggests (3) 

 that the nation may have split to escape the Iroquois, one part 

 fleeing southward. 



From map by N. Sanson d' Abbeville. Paris 1656. 

 Marshall Library, Buffalo Historical Society. 



According to John S. Clark, the Neutral country extended 

 eastward across the Niagara River, north of Tonawanda Creek. 

 In a later map Mr. Clark includes the Wenroes in the Neutral 

 Nation and thus extends their territory as far east as Oak Or- 

 chard Creek. (4). 



1. Jesuit Relation of 1653. 



2. In the collection of Mr. O. H. Marshall, now in the library of the 

 Buffalo Historical Society. 



3. Jesuit Relations, Burrows edition, Vol. 18, P. 235. Note 19. 



4. In a private letter, Dec. 29, 1909. 



