Iroquois Past and Present

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. House,' and the Senecas the western, for by this figure the Iroquois Indian describes the league by which the five nations are knitted together and enabled to maintain their prowess over sur rounding tribes. Their Long House extends from the majestic Hudson to the blue waters of the lake named for the Erie nation, and from the Catskill range to the broad St. Lawrence, up which have come the Sieur de la Salle and his fellow voyageurs on their perilous journey westward to unknown and perchance hostile regions. The vast territory between, the Ho-de~no-sau-ne, or People of the Long House, the Cabin-builders, hold as their hunting grounds, and here and there in the midst of the forest, through which run their nar row but well trodden trails, one comes across the stockaded villages, within which are their bark houses, constructed after a fashion peculiar to these strange and interesting people.