History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 121
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] independence, then could treaties be made with them and the foundation of territorial lines established; but if already under allegiance to Great Britain, the question of boundaries was still an open one. The Mohawks alone took their rank with the English; the practical division of the confederacy, upon a very vital point, was established, and a new element added to the controversy which had so long existed between the Indian na tions and the English. 1 Colonial History, x, an. * Colonial History, x, 187. 208 THE INDIAN TRIBES CHAPTER IX. THE WAR OF 1755 — REHABILITATION OF THE LENAPES AND SHAWANOES — THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC. HE treaty of Aix la Chapelle was a very imperfect paper. By its stipulations "all Nova Scotia, or Acadia, with its dependencies," was ceded to Great Britain; the " subjects of France, inhabit ants of Canada," were not to " disturb or molest in any man