[BOOK][B] League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee or Iroquois

LH Morgan, HM Lloyd - 1904 - books.google.com
LH Morgan, HM Lloyd
1904books.google.com
O encourage a kinder feeling towards the Indian,(3) founded upon a truer knowledge of his
civil and domestic institutions, and of his capabilities for future elevation, is the motive in
which this work originated. The present Iroquois, the descendants of that gifted race which
formerly held under their jurisdiction the fairest portions of our Republic, now dwell within
our limits as dependent nations, subject to the tutelage and supervision of the people who
displaced their fathers. Their numbers, the circumstances of their past history and present …
O encourage a kinder feeling towards the Indian,(3) founded upon a truer knowledge of his civil and domestic institutions, and of his capabilities for future elevation, is the motive in which this work originated.
The present Iroquois, the descendants of that gifted race which formerly held under their jurisdiction the fairest portions of our Republic, now dwell within our limits as dependent nations, subject to the tutelage and supervision of the people who displaced their fathers. Their numbers, the circumstances of their past history and present condition, and more especially the relation in which they stand to the people of the State, suggest many important questions concerning their future destiny.
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