1609 Battle Samuel de Champlain
1609 Battle Samuel de Champlain leads the
Algonquin's against the Mohawk
Sketch showing Champlain in battle, with canoes in front
© Public Domain
Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain, Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la marine, divisez en devx livres, ou, Iovrnal très-fidèle des observations faites, és decouuertures de la Nouuelle France…; Samuel de Champlain. Paris: Chez Iean Berjon…, 1613.
This battle which Champlain and the
Algonquin's won, is believed to be the catalyst that turned one
Haudenosaunee (Iroquoian) Nation against all others, including
the French. The word terror and Iroquois became synonymous, as
they wrought havoc on the French and any other hapless tribes,
until they themselves were defeated and driven out by the
Mississauga (Ojibwa) in the late 1680's.
