. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . ismade clear by Sir William Johnson, the long-time friend of theIndians, who, in his letter to the lords of trade on November i^.. .r V(T • ?u PICTURESQ UE B URLI^G TON. 29 1763, made the following claim for the Iroquois: As originalproprietors this confederac}- claim the countr}- of their residence,south of Lake Ontario to the great Ridge of the Blue Mountains,with all the western part of the Pro\ince of New York towardsHudson River, west of the Catskill, thence to I^ake Champlain,and from Regioghne, a rock at
. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . ismade clear by Sir William Johnson, the long-time friend of theIndians, who, in his letter to the lords of trade on November i^.. .r V(T • ?u PICTURESQ UE B URLI^G TON. 29 1763, made the following claim for the Iroquois: As originalproprietors this confederac}- claim the countr}- of their residence,south of Lake Ontario to the great Ridge of the Blue Mountains,with all the western part of the Pro\ince of New York towardsHudson River, west of the Catskill, thence to I^ake Champlain,and from Regioghne, a rock at the east side of said lake, to Oswe-gatche, or La Gallette on the river St. Lawrence (having longsince ceded their claim north of said line in favor of the CanadaIndians as hunting ground), thence up the river St. Lawrence andalong the south side of Lake Ontario to Niagara. The effort ofthe Iroquois to maintain control of the vast territor\- which the}claimed by right of conquest, against the Algonquins after theFrench interposed in the quarrel, w^as evidently- too great and thenorthern territory was ceded. When this cession was made RockRegioghne became the corner-stone of Iroquois territory, the eastli
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