Saturday, March 11, 2017
Iroquois
Iroquois
According to tradition the Iroquois Confederation came into being around AD 1570. The Confederation was a union of five (later six) Native American tribes. 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, proving themselves to be some of the most accomplished irregular fighters in history.
Leader: Hiawatha (c. 1450?)
Hiawatha (or “Ayonwentah”) is the legendary chief of the Onondaga Indians who, with the equally-legendary Chief Dekanawidah, formed the Iroquois Confederacy. 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 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.
What little the West knows about Hiawatha is usually seen through the prism of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s remarkable epic poem, Song of Hiawatha.
Unique Trait
The Great Warpath: Units may move through Forest and Jungle tiles as if they were roads when in friendly territory.
Unique Unit
Mohawk Warrior
Replaces Swordsman
Unique Building
Longhouse
Replaces Workshop
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