Entered according-to act of C'c^igress, in the year, 1847,
BY HENRY R. J^CHOQECRAFX,
In the Cleiik’-s PfBoe ofth« 'Northern .Eisfiast of New York.
J . „ M Ü N S E L L , P R IN T E ® : ,
A L B A N Y .
PREFACE.
The aboriginal nation, whose statistics and
history, past and present, are brought into discussion
in this .treatise, stand out prominently
in the foreground of our own history. They
have sustained themselves for more than three
centuries, against the intruding and progressive
races of Europe. During the perjod of the
planting of the colonies, their sachems stood as
independent embassadors, Before the representatives
of kings;, and the , general eloquence, diplomacy)
and | military exploits of fhe several
cantons composing their confederacy, gave them
a name and reputation coeval with Europdv No
nation ^of the widely spread red race of America,
ha&dispiayed so high and heroic a love of liberty,
united with the true art of government, and
personal energy and stamina of character, as the
Iroquois., The races of the equinoctial latitudes,