

Those that sided with the British recieved land in Canada, while those siding with the Americans received rather less. The American Revolution was to split the Confederacy, some siding with the British and some with the Americans. In the 17th century, trading beaver furs with Europe would provide them with advanced weaponry to carve out a significant empire.īut after a war between the French and the English in the "New World", the Haudenosaunee ended up squeezed between the two, dependent on British weaponry and gradually losing power. While initially held back by infighting, the Haudenosaunee eventually strengthened into a dominant regional force. Originally five, the Haudenosaunee (commonly known as the Iroquois Confederacy and will be refered to as such in the guide proper) were formed from the Seneca, Onondaga, Mohawks, Cayuga, and Oneida tribes prior to major European contact in the Americas. The six tribes must stay united in a brave new world. I worry the rest of the world will also succumb to the influence of your culture.Note: This guide assumes you have all game-altering DLC and expansion packs (all Civ packs, Wonders of the Ancient World, Gods & Kings and Brave New World) "Our people are now playing Lacrosse and smoking your tobacco.

For many years, your people battled great enemies the Huron and the French and the English invaders. With no written language, the wise men of your nation created the great law of peace, the model for many constitutions including that of the United States.

In the mists of antiquity, the five peoples, Seneca, Onondaga, Mohawks, Cayugas, and Oneida united into one nation, the Haudenosaunee, the Iroquois. Greetings noble Hiawatha, leader of the mighty Iroquois nations! Long have your people lived near the great and holy lake Ontario in the land that has come to be known as New York state in North America. What little the West knows about Hiawatha is usually seen through the prism of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's remarkable epic poem, The Song of Hiawatha. Hiawatha is also believed to have been a skilled orator who through his honeyed words persuaded the five tribes − Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Senecas, and Mohawks − to form the Five Nations of the Iroquois. Little is known about Hiawatha the man according to Iroquois tradition he taught the people agriculture, navigation, medicine, and the arts, using his great magic to conquer all of man's supernatural and natural enemies. Hiawatha (or "Ayonwentah") is the legendary chief of the Onondaga Indians who, with the equally-legendary Chief Dekanawidah, formed the Iroquois Confederacy.

The Iroquois are an amazing people: with a population that probably never exceeded 20,000, lacking a written language and possessing no manufacturing base at all, for two centuries the Iroquois managed to hold their own against the French, English, Dutch, and later Colonial Americans. The Confederation was a union of five (later six) Native American tribes. 5.1.1 Call a Mourning War against Īccording to tradition the Iroquois Confederation came into being around AD 1570.
