A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . ^^ First fight with Iroquois Indians; drawn byChamplain (Copied from old plate) Champlain settled among the Algonquins and gained theirfriendship, but they would assist him to explore Lake Cham-plain only on condition that he would assist them againsttheir enemies, the Iroquois, in case they met them. Cham-plain and his two white companions therefore aided theAlgonquins in the battle
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . ^^ First fight with Iroquois Indians; drawn byChamplain (Copied from old plate) Champlain settled among the Algonquins and gained theirfriendship, but they would assist him to explore Lake Cham-plain only on condition that he would assist them againsttheir enemies, the Iroquois, in case they met them. Cham-plain and his two white companions therefore aided theAlgonquins in the battle near Ticonderoga. The Iroquoishad never before seen white men or fire-arms, and the useof these strange weapons proved very destructive to this time the Iroquois were bitterly hostile to theFrench and made frequent raids upon them. For protec-tion against the Iroquois the French built forts along theRichelieu River, and one, Fort St. Anne, on Isle La Motte Explorations 117 in Lake Champlain in 1666. This was the first point inVermont occupied by white men. -~!W» =r^^ ^ J*^-1- ^^^ :^-V. 11/. n ,\41 3^ Second fight with Iroquois Indians; drawn by Champlain(Copied fronn old plate) Soon after their alliance with the French, the Algonquinsbegan, or renewed, a settlement near the lower falls of theMissisquoi River, now called Swanton Falls, which was con-tinued with one short interruption until the settlement ofthe town by the English after the close of the RevolutionaryWar. No other Indian settlement so permanent has beenknown in Vermont since its discovery by Champlain. 3. Expedition against the Mohawks.—At thebeginning of October, 1666, a force of twelve hundredFrench and one hundred Indians was encamped near FortSt. Anne on its way to chastise the Mohawks, a tribe ofthe Iroquois. They passed up Lake Champlain and LakeGeorge, crossed to the Mohawk Valley and appeared beforethe Mohawk villages. These villages were surrounded by i8 History of Vermont triple palisades,
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