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Iroquois History and Legends


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Dec 26, 2016

In 1687 Governor Denonville of New France invaded the Seneca Nation.  His goal was to destroy the Western door of the Haudenosaunee.  Will the Five Nations survive this European onslaught?

Sources:

Ganondagan State Historic Site www.ganondagan.com

WAR AGAINST THE SENECA: THE FRENCH EXPEDITION OF 1687 BY JOHN MOHAWK

IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON