. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 267 Father Bressani said; (i) "Southward a little towards the west, came the neutral nation, whose first villages were not more than ioo miles distant from the Hurons; the territory of this nation extended through the space of 150 miles". On Sanson's map of 1656, (2) two locations are noted for this nation. The name occurs west of the Niagara River and again far south of Lake Erie. Mr. Goldthwaite suggests (3) that the nation may have split to escape the Iroquois, one
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 267 Father Bressani said; (i) "Southward a little towards the west, came the neutral nation, whose first villages were not more than ioo miles distant from the Hurons; the territory of this nation extended through the space of 150 miles". On Sanson's map of 1656, (2) two locations are noted for this nation. The name occurs west of the Niagara River and again far south of Lake Erie. Mr. Goldthwaite suggests (3) that the nation may have split to escape the Iroquois, one part fleeing From map by N. Sanson d'Abbeville. Paris 1656. Marshall Library, Buffalo Historical Society. According to John S. Clark, the Neutral country extended eastward across the Niagara River, north of Tonawanda Creek. In a later map Mr. Clark includes the Wenroes in the Neutral Nation and thus extends their territory as far east as Oak Or- chard Creek. (4). 1. Jesuit Relation of 1653. 2. In the collection of Mr. O. H. Marshall, now in the library of the Buffalo Historical Society. 3. Jesuit Relations, Burrows edition, Vol. 18, P. 235. Note 19. 4. In a private letter, Dec. 29, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. Y. : Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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