Caughnawaga Indians

A community of Iroquois, chiefly drawn from the Oneida and Mohawk, and speaking a modification of the Mohawk tongue. Having been converted by the Jesuit mi ionaries, they were induced to settle in 1668 at La Prairie, near Montreal. In 1676 they removed to Sault St. Louis, and the majority have remained in that vicinity ever since. About 1755 a new settlement was formed at St. Regis, farther up the St. Lawrence. Many accompanied the fur traders to the west as hunters. In the narratives of the fur trade they are referred to as Iroquois. Index : Hd Their sympathies secured for Congre by Jesuits, 130; village of, burned by Sir John Johnson, 156; their disloyalty, 189. Bib. : Colden, Five Nations ; Hodge, Handbook of American Indians .