Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Five Nations

(The). The five confederated Indian tribes, viz. the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. Known as the Iroquois Confederacy.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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