The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-08-15
DIFFERENTIATION or THE ERiEs.
An Indian Tradition.

correspondent oil The Buffalo Com
mercial Advertiser furnishes the follow"
ing tradition oil tue origin aud consequent
ces OF The war between the Five (aiter-
wards SIX Nations, and the powerful ma
uon OF Erles,' who Inhabited Western
New YORK before It's subJugaiIon by The
combined forces OF the " lroqnols,' and
oil me stirring scenes which have been
enacted on the spot where Buffalo now
stands. The Advertiser says that lis sub
staniIal' II not entire accuracy, may be I'M
pliceuy relied upon every dela'i having
been taken from ihe ups OF b'acksnake
anu o."er Ve"efao'e c'''e's W 'ne oe"ecaS
ana ionawandas' VINO SUI. cherish me
uau'Iohs OF 'neir ia.hers' Near 'ne MIS-
sion rouse on 'he hesefVa'oh' ADJOINING
pu'ia'o' can DC seen s'na'i mouho' ev''
oen"y a''lhc,a'' 'na' IS sal' 70 CONTAIN me
remains OF 'he unfortunate Erles siam IN
'nelr last great oa''e' he Indians there
aoou's oe,'e'c '''a' s'na'' ren'hah. o. u'e
n,'eS sun eA'S' oeyo"u "e Hilss'ss'PP''
Inc small trlbe known as the QuauPaws
in that region, are also believed to be re-
mains of the Kau-was, the allies Of the
Fries.
The Fries were the most powerful and
warlke OF all the Indian tribes. They
resided at the foot Of the great lake Erie
where now stands the city Of Buffalo, the
Indian namc of which was "Ia-shu-
,cay."
When the Fries heard of the conlede-
ration which was formed between the
Mohawks, who resided in the valley Of
that name. the Oneidas, the Onondagas,
the Cayugas, and the Senecas, who resi-
ded Tor The most part, upon the shores and
outlets OF the LAKES bearing their names
respectively, Called by the French the
lroquols nation. they imagined j, must be
for some mIschevious purpose. Although
confident OF their superiority over any one
oil the tribes lnhabling the countries with
in the bounds of their knowledge, they
dreaded the power Of such combined for
'es- In order to satisfy themselves in re-
gar" 10 'he chafac'r'' a,-rnsiiinn and
power o. ."ose 'hey considered 'heir ma
.ora' enemies ine Ir'es fesof'ed 10 me
io',"w'ne means
"ey sem '''eno'y message 70 me De-
necas' VINO were ''e,' nearest heighoors,
."'.'"s '"e'' 10 se'.c' que h"'"feo OF
",e" mus "'"'e' ",''e"o yo""e "e"' !"
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