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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Attiwandaronk Indians , (search)
Attiwandaronk Indians,
Members of the family of the Hurons and Iroquois, named by the French the Neutral Nation.
In early times they inhabited both banks of the Niagara River, but were mostly in Canada.
They were first visited in 1627 by the Recollet Father Daillon, and by Brebeuf and Chaumonot in 1642.
The Iroquois attacked them in 1651-53, when a part of them submitted and joined the Senecas.
and the remainder fled westward and joined the remnant of the fallen Hurons on the borders of Lake Superior.
Four mile strip,
A strip of land 4 miles wide on each side of the Niagara River, extending from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, which was ceded to the British government in 1764 by a council of Indians representing Iroquois, Ottawas, Ojibways, Wyandottes, and others.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mingoes, (search)
Mingoes,
The Algonquian name for the Indians of the Five Nations or Iroquois, especially of the Mohawk tribe.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nicholson , Sir Francis 1687 - (search)
Nicholson, Sir Francis 1687-
Colonial governor; born in England; was lieutenantgovernor of New York under Andros, and acting governor in 1687-89.
In 1694-99 he was governor of Maryland; in 1690-92 and 1699-1705, governor of Virginia.
In 1710 he commanded the forces that captured Port Royal, Nova Scotia.
Then he went to England, taking with him five Iroquois chiefs (who were presented to Queen Anne), to urge another attempt to conquer Canada.
He commanded an unsuccessful expedition to that end the next year.
In 1712-17 he was governor of Nova Scotia, and in 1720 was knighted.
In 1721-25 he was governor of South Carolina, and on his return to England in the latter year he was made lieutenant-general.