| The ancestral homeland of the Mohawk
Nation is the Mohawk River Valley of present day New York State. The
Mohawks are considered the easternmost tribe within the Iroquois/Six
Nations Confederacy consisting of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga,
Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora Nations. Several Mohawks and others of
the Confederacy were respected allies of the British during the
American Revolution, and in consequence of their alliance were
forced from their homeland by their Rebel counterpart. In
compensation for losses suffered, the British Crown promised land to
the Mohawks and others of the Confederacy displaced by the war.
Captain John Deserontyon, a Mohawk serving in the British army,
selected land here on the shores of the Bay of Quinte. On the 22nd
of May 1784, Captain John Deserontyon and about 20 families arrived
here on the shores of the Bay of Quinte. We, the Mohawks of the Bay
of Quinte, have been here ever since. |
Location of the 5 Nations People ~1600?
History of the Iroquois from
www.tolatsga.org/iro.html
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