The continual wars in which the Iroquois have been en: gaged, have considerably reduced their number from what it was formerly. This is particularly the case of thé Mohawks. They, by their wisdom in couneil and bravery in the field, had gained an ascendancy over the other tribes which they preserve to this day. In all deliberations which relate to the common interest of the confederacy, and in the execution of every enterprise, the Mohawks generally take the lead. Being situated the most easterly, and consequently the nearest to our first settlements, of any of the Five Nations, the missionaries sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts, to convert the Indians of this Province, resided among them. The labors of those missionaries were attended witn such success, that in time the whole nation was brought over to christianity. This attached the Mohawks more firmly to us. They always stood forth our faithful allies, especially in the late war, though in the course of it, the greater part of their bravest warriors perished. Our victories were often purchased at the expénsé of their blood, for they were among the first in almost every danger.

The Mohawks have three villages--Schoare, Fort Hunter, and Canajohare. These are all within the English 'settlements, and contain four hundred and twenty souls. Fort Hunter, the central village, where a missionary from the Society now resides, is distant from Albany forty miles.* The Oneidas are situated eighty miles west from the Mohawks, somewhat beyond our settlements, and have two villages containing six hundred souls: Many of the Oneidas profess christianity, being instructed partly