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successfully with the surrouiulin«’ population, a few even attaining 
national fame. Those who still cling to the reserves are in the main 
fairly prosperous, and within another century will undoubtedly dis- 
appear as separate communities. Yet their old confederacy, through 
its opposition to the French, largely affected the composition of the 
]U'esent population through the whole of the North American con- 
tinent, and for this reason alone, if for no other, has earned a promin- 
ent place in every Canadian history, and in every history of the 
United States. 
