The Iroquois used to fight against each other until Hiawatha told them to call representatives from all the tribes to a great council to be held on the banks of Onondaga Lake.
The Flag of Thirteen Stripes, the Standard of the United States....
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians.
Lake at Entrance, Zoological Park, Bronx Park, New York City.
The Tea-Tax Tempest, or the Angelo-American Revolution.
The Iroquois Confederacy was originally composed of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas. In 1714 the Tuscaroras joined it, which thereafter became known as the Six Nations.
Scene on the Lake, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Lake, Van Cortlandt Park, New York.
In 1692 Col. Peter Schuyler took five Iroquois chiefs to London. The Indians were objects of intense interest at the Court of St. James.
New York. Bethesda Fountain and Lake, Central Park.
Lake and Mansion, Vanderbilt Estate, Miller Field, Staten Island, N.Y.
Osage Chiefs and Council.
Bridge over Lake Central Park, New York. Winter Scene.
In 1639 Jonas Bronck, after whom the Borough of the Bronx was named, purchased land in that Borough from the Indians. In 1642, after many hostilities, a treaty with the Indians was signed in his house
Sylvan Lake.
The Lake, Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y.
Upper Lake, Central Park, N. Y. City.
Silver Lake. Richmond Borough, N.Y.