. Papers and records of the Wentworth Historical Society . tux k. 40 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE as the river Detroit. They obtained their name from theneutral stand they took in the wars between the Iroquois andHurons. They were a comparatively strong and powerful na-tion, for it was estimated by the early explorers that about thebeginning of the seventeenth century they had fully 4000 war-riors armed and equipped for war. The Iroquois possessed some excellent traits of character,for they honored a pledge when once given ; they respected atreaty when ratified ; they had proper regard for their o
. Papers and records of the Wentworth Historical Society . tux k. 40 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE as the river Detroit. They obtained their name from theneutral stand they took in the wars between the Iroquois andHurons. They were a comparatively strong and powerful na-tion, for it was estimated by the early explorers that about thebeginning of the seventeenth century they had fully 4000 war-riors armed and equipped for war. The Iroquois possessed some excellent traits of character,for they honored a pledge when once given ; they respected atreaty when ratified ; they had proper regard for their own lawsand customs and they possessed strong social and domesticfeelings. Notwithstanding all these good qualities, their historyis a continuous story of rapine and bloodshed. The avowedpurpose of the chiefs who entered into a league and formed theconfederacy of the Five Nations, was to cultivate the arts ofpeace and abolish war. In this they were unsuccessful. Oneof the first known acts of the league after its formation was todrive the Huron tribes from their
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