Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador; . ^ 1635. Canadian Indians. Reference has already been made to the nativetribes with whom the settlers had come into con-tact. In addition to the trouble to be anticipatedfrom the English colonists in the country, therewas now the increasing menace of the IroquoisIndians. The latter had formed a confederacy of fivenations, including the Senecas, Mohawks, and otherwell-known tribes, and constantly harassed thehandful of whites in their midst. On the side ot the French were the Huronsand the Algonquin Indians, many in
Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador; . ^ 1635. Canadian Indians. Reference has already been made to the nativetribes with whom the settlers had come into con-tact. In addition to the trouble to be anticipatedfrom the English colonists in the country, therewas now the increasing menace of the IroquoisIndians. The latter had formed a confederacy of fivenations, including the Senecas, Mohawks, and otherwell-known tribes, and constantly harassed thehandful of whites in their midst. On the side ot the French were the Huronsand the Algonquin Indians, many in numbers, butinferior to the Iroquois as warriors. The chroniclesof the years between 1635 and 1667 are full of talesof massacre and torture. With almost all theIndians in that part of the country on the war-patli, the unfortunate French settlers li\ed in hourlydread of raids. At this period the priests were more than everdevoted to their self-imposed work among thesavages, despite the torture and even martyrdomwhich wa^i frequently their 12 CANADA. The Red Man of To=day. To-day there are only a few Red Indians leftin Canada, maintained by the Government onreservations set apart for them. Here they tilltheir farms under the eye of their instructors, whiletheir children are taught and trained in usefulhandicrafts in the schools. Here and there, in the more inaccessible partsof the country, just a few small wanderingbands are still to be met in the woods. Theseexist on such game as their guns and other weaponsprocure, and on the fruits and berries they find. The Red Man of romance, the picturesque figureof the story books, has gone, never more to return. 6oureurs de Bois. Besides the priests there were many hunters,trappers, and fur-traders, who were ready to ven-ture into the unknown country to the westward,and risk their lives among the savages. Thesecoureurs de bois { bushrangers) were the pioneersof civilisation and commerce. They establishedtrading-posts where Ind
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