Mohawk Indians

A tribe of the Iroquois confederacy. Their villages

stood in the valley of the Mohawk River. From their position as the

easternmost of the Iroquois tribes, they came first in contact with both

the Dutch and English to the south and the French on the north. They

took a leading part in most of the wars between the Iroquois and the

French, as well as with other tribes. In the Revolutionary War they

sided with the British; and afterwards removed to Canada, settling

principally on Grand River, in the Niagara peninsula. See also

Iroquois. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) Tracy marches against, 53. (Samuel de Champlain era) (Agniers),

Iroquois tribe or nation, 50. (Lord Dorchester era) Join British forces, 88; easily

depressed by reverses, 99; Caughnawagas desert at St. Johns, 100. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era)

Loath at first to fight against the English colonists, 148; lands

allotted to, on Grand River, 258; payment made to, for land, 259;

education of, 265. (Count Frontenac era) Attack Hurons on Island of Orleans, 41;

Courcelles leads expedition against, 52; Tracy leads a second, 53;

expedition against, 331. =Bib.=: Hodge, Handbook of American Indians;

Diefendorf, The Historic Mohawk.