. New France and New England. eles or long lake, have ever since beenknown as Onondagas, or men of the hills. Eastward fromthis central region the people were called Oneidas, or menof the boulders (or perhaps men of granite), from theprofusion of erratic blocks strewn over their territory. Far-thest to the east, and most famous of these confederated war-riors, were the people who called themselves, or were calledby their kinsmen, Caniengas, or people of the flint thatwas used in striking fire ; they are best known to history,however, by the name of Mohawk, or man-eater, bestowedupon them by th
. New France and New England. eles or long lake, have ever since beenknown as Onondagas, or men of the hills. Eastward fromthis central region the people were called Oneidas, or menof the boulders (or perhaps men of granite), from theprofusion of erratic blocks strewn over their territory. Far-thest to the east, and most famous of these confederated war-riors, were the people who called themselves, or were calledby their kinsmen, Caniengas, or people of the flint thatwas used in striking fire ; they are best known to history,however, by the name of Mohawk, or man-eater, bestowedupon them by their Algonquin foes, and which all the Iroquois 1 Coldens History of the Five Indian Nations, London, 1755, THE BEGINNINGS OF QUEBEC 41 seem abundantly to have earned by their cannibal pro-pensities.^ The driving of the Iroquois up the St. Lawrence valleyinto central New York by their Algonquin assailants hadremarkable consequences. For military and commercial pur-poses the situation was the best on the Atlantic slope of. SENECA-IROQUOIS LONG HOUSE North America. The line of the Five Nations stretched itslong length between the treasures of beaver and otter on thegreat lakes and the wampum beds on the coast of LongIsland ; but if an enemy, from any quarter of the compass, 96 ftGROUND-PLAN OF LONG HOUSE ventured to attack that long line, forthwith it proved to bean interior line in following which he was apt to be over-whelmed. Along with this singular advantage of geographical posi-tion, the Five Nations soon learned the value of politicalconfederation in preserving peace among themselves, whileincreasing their military strength. It was a common thing ^ Beauchamp, Indian Names in iVew York, passim ; Morgan, Leagueof the Iroqtcois, pp. 51-53 ; Ancient Society, p. 125. 42 NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND for Indian tribes of allied lineage to enter into confederation,but no other union of this sort was so artfully constructed,harmonious, and enduring as the League of the Iroquois.
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