Mohawk river they never either claimed or sold lands on the Hudson, and even north of that point their claim, although tra Whatever conceded, was subsequently disputed. may have been the extent of the territory which they claimed,

ditionally

however, it is apparent that it was limited and that it did not include or extend to the east side of the river, nor involve the

The retiring canton was an advanced subjugation of the nation. post on the frontiers, pushed forward, it may be reasonably supposed, by superior prowess, and maintained until peculiarly The point to which it removed is not positively exposed. stated ; 2 but the evidence

sufficient to indicate pretty cer the or Soquatucks tainly Socoquts^ in the alliances of 1664, and in the subsequent history of the nation. thatit

was known

is

as

If there is no evidence of prior subjugation, there is certainly none establishing that condition after the advent of the English.

The nation was almost continually in conflict with the Mohawks, and in its last war with them maintained itself with success.

more extended reference to this war and its results may be pro per.

The eastern Indians were involved in the contest as well

*It is asserted that the Mahicans admitted the conquest of the lands west of the Hudson embraced in the Saratoga

(Schuylerville) tract ; yet from the Johnson Manuscripts it appears that they claimed them in 1767, to "the prejudice," as Johnson says, "of

Mohawk rights."

Johnson Manuscripts, iv, 170, 173. Wassenaar says, " towards the north near the Fresh river." Brodheatfs Hist., i, 732;