An
Iroquois Indian chief; born in
Onondaga, N. Y.; became a strong ally of the
French; was converted to Christianity in 1693; and in the following year visited
Frontenac, the
French governor, to whom he proposed the rehabilitation of Fort Catarocouy (
Kingston), which appeared to
Frontenac as a wise policy.
He accordingly raised an expedition to carry out the plan which he was soon forced to abandon, owing to orders received from the French Court.
Later
Teganissorens received both English and French agents, to whom he declared that he would remain neutral, and thereafter strongly protested against attacks on the
English settlers.
In 1711 he gave information to the
French that preparations were being made in New York,
Boston, and
Albany for the invasion of
Canada.
He died in
Caughnawaga, or
Sault St. Louis, after 1711.