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PRESENT STATE OF THE NORTHERN INDIANS
IN THE DEPART* OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON BART., COMPREHENDED UNDER THE SIX NATIONS AND OTTAWACONFEDERACIES, ETC., CONTAINING THE NAMES, NUMBERS AND SCITUATION OF EACH NATION, WITH
remarks, nov. 18, 1763.
[ Lond. Doc. XXXVI. ]
Names.
Numberof Men.
Sciluatim.
Remarks.
Mohocks,.
160
Two villages on the Mohock river,with a few emigrants at Schohareabout 16 miles from Fort Hunter.
Of the Six Nations the Mohawks or Mo-hocks, Onondages and Senecas areconsidered as the chief and elderbranches. The Oneidas, Cayugas andTuscaroras are younger; the last men-tioned Nation having many years agoretired from tbe South, and were ad-mitted into .he confederacy with thethen Five Nations , the Oneidas giv-ing them land and they row enjoy allpriviledges with the rest.
Oneidas,.
250
Two villages, one 25 miles from FortStanwix, the other twelve miles westof Oneida Lake, with emigrants inseveral places towards the Susquehan-na river .
Tuscaroras, •
140
One village 6 miles from the first Onei-das, and several others about the Sus-quehanna .
Onondagas, ....
150
One large village 6 miles from the lakeof their name (which is the place ofCongress for the confederates) with asmaller at some distance.
Cayugas,.
200
One large village near the Lake of theirname with several others from thenceto the Susquehanna .
Senecas,.
1050
Have several villages, beginning about50 m. from Cayuga, and from thenceto Chenussio, the largest about 70 m.from Niagara, with others thence tothe Ohio .
Of the Senecas, two villages are still inour interest, vizt. Kanadasero andKanaderagey, he rest have joined theWestern Nations.
Oswegaehys, ....
80
Emigrants from the Six Nations chieflyOnondages settled at La Galette on theriver St. Lawrence .
These are at peace with the English .
Nanticokes,
Conoys, /
Tutecoes, t " " "
Saponeys, ettc. )
200
A people removed from the Southward,and settled on and about the Susque-hanna on lands allotted by the SixNations .
These people are immediately under thedirection of the Six Nations , and atpeace with the English .
INDIANS OF CANADA IN ALLIANCE WITH THE SIX NATIONS.
Caghnawagas, ....
1
300
Emigrants from the Mohocks, settled atSoult St. Louis near Montreal , withemigrants at Aghquissasne, below laGalette which is the seat of a Mission.
All these Nations are in alliance withthe Six Nations , and warmly attachedto the British Interest, as are all theother Indians in Canada . Caghnawa-ga is the seat of a Mission, as is thevillage of Lac du deux Montagues.
Canassadagas, Y
Arundacks, L ...
150
These three Nations now reside togeth-er, at the Lac du deux Montagues atthe mouth of the Ottawa river nearMontreal .
Abenaquis, ....
100
Their village having been burned at St.Francis below Montreal during thewar, they have since lived scatteredexcept a few.
These Indians are originally from New-England ; if they were all collectedthey would amount to more than isrepresented. They have likewise aMissionary who is a Jesuit .
Skaghquanoghronos,
40
Reside at Trois Rivieres , they are ori-ginally Algonkins .
Hurons,.
40
Reside at Loretto near Quebec , a verycivilized people.
(There are several other Nations tothe Northward, who avoid any con-nection with the’white people; andas they have no fixed residence, theirnumbers, though considerable, cannotbe ascertained.)