The Antouho-norons are 1 5 villages built in strong positions ; enemies of all others except the Neutral nation ; their country is fine and in a good climate near the river St Lawrence, the passage of which they block to all other nations, the consequence of which is that it is less frequented. They cultivate and plant their lands.

The Yroquois and the Antouhonorons make war together against all the other nations, except the Neutral nation.

Carantouanis is a nation to the south of the Antouhonorons in a very beautiful and rich country, where they are strongly lodged, and are friends with all the other nations except the Antouhonorons, from whom they are only three days distant. They formerly took prisoners from the Dutch, whom they sent back without doing them any injury, believing they were Frenclimen.

From Lake St. Louis to Sault St. Louis, which is the great river St. Lawrence, there are five rapids ; quantity of beautiful

1 Sagart calls this tribe, the Antlatahouats, who wear their hair topped up in front, " more erect than a Jady's peruke."

2 The Neutral Nation were called Attiuo ndas by the French. They wore four or five days journey, says Sagart, south of the Quieunontates. Chai. jilain locates them on the south shore of Lake Erie; but in subsequent maps they arc laiit down on the north shore. Sagart estimates the number of their warriors, in 1625, at 5 to 6,000, and says their country was nearly one hundred leagues in extent.