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Article: Jacques René de Brisay Denonville, marquis de
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Jacques René de Brisay Denonville, marquis de , d. 1710, governor of New France (1685-89). To subdue the Iroquois he led a force of 3,000 French and Native American enemies of the Iroquois into the Seneca country in W New York in 1687 and destroyed their villages. Subsequently, he invited a number of Iroquois to a ...
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Encyclopedia entry: Iroquois Wars
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...&author; Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Iroquois Wars Author: &author; Iroquois Wars , a series of 17th-century conflicts involving the Five Nations IROQUOIS confederacy ( MOHAWK , ONEIDA , ONONDAGA , CAYUGA and SENECA ...
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