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Six Nations

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Six Nations  (sks)
pl.n.
The Iroquois confederacy after it was joined by the Tuscarora in 1722.
Six Nations
pl n
(Placename) (in North America) the Indian confederacy of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras Also called Iroquois See also Five Nations
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Noun1.Six NationsSix Nations - a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
Five Nations, Iroquois League, League of Iroquois
league - an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action


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According to this declaration, the Delawares were to cultivate the arts of peace, and to intrust their defence entirely to the men, or warlike tribes of the Six Nations.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
" exclaimed the scout, whose eyes began to glisten with the ardor of his usual occupation; "if they come within range of a bullet I will drop one, though the whole Six Nations should be lurking within sound
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
They were prouder and happier in their new acquirement than they would have been in the scalping and skinning of the Six Nations.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
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