First Nation Peoples
Legendary Founding of the Iroquois
Confederacy
"Thadodaho has not yet had the snakes combed from his hair; Deganawida, said some to stammer, stands behind Hiawatha who serves as his speaker " East of the mouth of the Rouge River; near Frenchman's Bay; existed a village called Ganatsekwyagon It was occupied by the Seneca or more likely Neutral Iroquois See Map Detail Dominant from a military point of view; the Seneca in reality lived on the south shore of Lake Ontario and were a member tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy. They were terrorizing any tribe trading with the French in particular the Wendat's. Lets take a closer look at the First Nations presence in the Rouge Watershed area. We know they lived in the area until the late 1600's when war amongst themselves; over the Fur Trade; and threat of European Settlement drove them out.    |
 Illustration excerpted Henry R.
Schoolcraft, History, Condition and Prospects of the Iroquois
Tribes of the United States, Part 1 (Philadelphia,
1853)
Courtesy : Library
National Museums of Canada Canada's Visual History CD  Vern Harper Cree Elder
Healer, Educator, Statesman Click On Image |