Mohawk – Freeport History Timeline ../../../index.html A research project focused on the combination of different open source technologies as a way to preserve and present historical data Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:54:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 Samuel de Champlain and a group of Algonquin, Huron, and Montagnais battle a group of Mohawk Iroquois, Lake Champlain is discovered ../../../samuel-de-champlain-and-a-group-of-algonquin-huron-and-montagnais-battle-a-group-of-mohawk-iroquois-lake-champlain-is-discovered/ ../../../samuel-de-champlain-and-a-group-of-algonquin-huron-and-montagnais-battle-a-group-of-mohawk-iroquois-lake-champlain-is-discovered/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2014 04:17:27 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2661 DefeatOfIroquoisByChamplain

Etching of Champlain’s own drawing of the battle

– Kills 2 chiefs with his opening shot

– Sets off a long period of French / Algonquin, Huron, and Montagnais collaboration as well as French / Iroquois contention

– Presently near  Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga NY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain

https://www.independencetrail.org/stories-champlains-battle.html

 

 

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Mohawks attack Mahicans to force open a corridor to a Dutch trading post at Fort Orange. The Mohawk have grown dependent on the trade goods they obtain there. They also wish to control access to trade at Fort Orange for surrounding Indians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Orange_(New_Netherland)

https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eth/summary/v051/51.4starna.html 

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