Mohawk Indians: An Introduction
Mohawk Indians
The Word Mohawk comes from the cognate with the Narragansett Mohowauúck, they eat animated things, hence “man-eaters”. (accessgenealogy)
The Mohawk clan was member of the Iroquois Confederacy, which was a group of five (later six) tribes that were united with the purpose of doing strategies against the invasion of the French and the British during the fight for the upper states of the country. The form of hierarchy was what they called the longhouse of representatives and was the union of the five strongest tribes in North America and each tribe had a specific purpose, the Mohawk Indians, for instance, had a specific role in the French and Indian war which was trading and forging an alliance with the Dutch to gather some equipment for their troops, the Dutch and the Mohawk met at Fort Orange, New Netherland (which now is Albany, New York). After the fall of New Netherland the Mohawk became allies of the English crown.
The warriors of the Iroquois were mainly composed by the Mohawk Indians, so as the tacticians. This tribe was the first tribe to be annexed into the confederacy.
The Mohawk was a really big tribe, hence is the reason that there were a lot of types of Mohawks, like the ones that were expelled by the American because these two bands were mutual enemies, but after short time, the British Governor Craig offered shelter and land in the English Kingdom, but the new land was imposed to those Mohawk that supported the French. (First Section of the whole text in crystallinks)
On November 11, 1794, representatives of the Mohawks (along with the other Haudenosaunee nations) signed the Treaty of Canandaigua with the United States.
The treaty established peace and friendship between the United States and the Iroquois confederacy and its six nations. The treaty also returned the land rights for the Haudenosaunee tribe, which´s land rights were taken in another treaty before, called the Fort Stanwix Treaty. The treaty also gave individual
The Word Mohawk comes from the cognate with the Narragansett Mohowauúck, they eat animated things, hence “man-eaters”. (accessgenealogy)
The Mohawk clan was member of the Iroquois Confederacy, which was a group of five (later six) tribes that were united with the purpose of doing strategies against the invasion of the French and the British during the fight for the upper states of the country. The form of hierarchy was what they called the longhouse of representatives and was the union of the five strongest tribes in North America and each tribe had a specific purpose, the Mohawk Indians, for instance, had a specific role in the French and Indian war which was trading and forging an alliance with the Dutch to gather some equipment for their troops, the Dutch and the Mohawk met at Fort Orange, New Netherland (which now is Albany, New York). After the fall of New Netherland the Mohawk became allies of the English crown.
The warriors of the Iroquois were mainly composed by the Mohawk Indians, so as the tacticians. This tribe was the first tribe to be annexed into the confederacy.
The Mohawk was a really big tribe, hence is the reason that there were a lot of types of Mohawks, like the ones that were expelled by the American because these two bands were mutual enemies, but after short time, the British Governor Craig offered shelter and land in the English Kingdom, but the new land was imposed to those Mohawk that supported the French. (First Section of the whole text in crystallinks)
On November 11, 1794, representatives of the Mohawks (along with the other Haudenosaunee nations) signed the Treaty of Canandaigua with the United States.
The treaty established peace and friendship between the United States and the Iroquois confederacy and its six nations. The treaty also returned the land rights for the Haudenosaunee tribe, which´s land rights were taken in another treaty before, called the Fort Stanwix Treaty. The treaty also gave individual