Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I
Papers relating to French Seigniories on Lake Champlain, XX. Boundary line between the whites and the Indians, 1765,
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XXI. Papers relating to the city of New-York, XXII. Papers relating to Long Island,
XXIII. Statistics of population, 1647-1774,
XXIV. Statistics of revenue, imports, exports, etc., 1691-1768,
XXV.
Papers relating to trade and manufactures, 1705-1757,
XXVI. Keport of Gov. Tryon on the state of the Province, 1774, Index,
Index to illustrations,
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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
Map of Nuova Belgia, Indian Totums,
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That marked Indian Portrait,
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Map of the head waters of the Susquehanna,
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Plan of La Presentation, Oswego in 1727, English Plan of Oswego in 1756, French Plan of Oswego in 1756, View of Oswego,
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Outline Map, showing sites of Forts Bull and Williams,
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French Map of Lake Champlain,
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English Map of Lake Champlain,
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Boundary Line between the Whites and Indians, 1768
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Sauthier's Map of the Province of New York in 1779,
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I.
P AP E E S RELATING TO
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THE NINE IROQUOIS TRIBES.
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1666.
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The Iroquois Nation consists of nine tribes, which form two divisions; one of four tribes, and the other of five.
They call the first division Guey-niotiteshesgue, which means the four tribes; and the second division they call it Ouiche-niotiteshesgue, which means the five tribes.
The first is that of the Tortoise, which calls itself Atiniathin. It is the first, because they pretend, when the Master of Life made the Earth, that he placed it on a tortoise; and when there are earthquakes, it is the tortoise that stirs.