Caughnawaga Indians

A community of Iroquois, chiefly drawn from the

Oneida and Mohawk, and speaking a modification of the Mohawk tongue.

Having been converted by the Jesuit missionaries, they were induced to

settle in 1668 at La Prairie, near Montreal. In 1676 they removed to

Sault St. Louis, and the majority have remained in that vicinity ever

since. About 1755 a new settlement was formed at St. Regis, farther up

the St. Lawrence. Many accompanied the fur traders to the west as

hunters. In the narratives of the fur trade they are referred to as

Iroquois. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Their sympathies secured for Congress by

Jesuits, 130; village of, burned by Sir John Johnson, 156; their

disloyalty, 189. =Bib.=: Colden, Five Nations; Hodge, Handbook of

American Indians.