Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I
Caghnawaga is the seat of a Mission, as is the These three Nations now reside togeth- village of Lac du deux Montagnes. er, at the Lac du deux Montagnes at the mouth of the Ottawa river near Montreal.
Abenaquis,
Their village having been burned at St. These Indians are originally from NewEngland: if they were all collected Francis below Montreal during the war, they have since lived scattered they would amount to more than is represented. They have likewise a except a few. Missionary who is a Jesuit.
Skaghquanoghronos,
Reside at Trois Rivieres, they are originally Algonkins.
Hurons,
Reside at Loretto near Quebec, a very civilized people.
(There are several other Nations to the Northward, who avoid any connection with the white people; and as they have no fixed residence, their numbers, though considerable, cannot be ascertained.)
THE IROQUOIS AND OTHER INDIAN TRIBES.
SIX NATION CONFEDERACY-- continued. Number Names.
of men.
Remarks.
Scituation.
INDIANS OF OHIO.
....
Removed to the River Sciota and other
These people are greatly influenced by the Senecas, and reside on lands allotted them by the permission of the In several villages on and about the Susquehanna, Muskingham, ettc. and Six Nations. They are now at war with the English. thence to Lake Erie.
Wiandots, ettc.
Some
Total,
There are also in the Six Nation Confederacy, many Indians bers cannot be computed as they have no fixed residence.
Shawanese, Delawares,
Branches.
.
villages in the neighborhood of Sandosky Fort near Lake Erie.
whose num-
OTTAWA CONFEDERACY COMPREHENDING THE TWIGHTWEES, ETTC. Number Names.