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1. The Iroquois Confederacy was formed primarily as a means of peacekeeping and mediation among the five Iroquois nations and also to form an alliance, especially against foreign powers in the New World. They were highly successful in these goals, mainly because they were able to put up a united front. If you think about it, the smaller tribes were the first ones to be decimated when the Europeans arrived; some died of disease and some died in conflict, but the smaller groups were definitely at a

Interview: Flor Pastrana On Monday, January 29, 2018 at approximately 11:40 am Investigator Cindy Hercules, HR Business Partner Rachel Kellersberger and I obtained the following statement from Flor Pastrana. The interview took place in Payson HR office. Flor stated that she has had several issue with Melissa from quite some time. At first they were friend and got along, went to lunch with the team (Erica, Jackie, Smiley) but they had a fall out. The fall out was due to a mistake by writing and

imagination it appeared to be at least twice bigger than it actually was. After wandering along Main Street for a couple of minutes I realized that Geneseo is more than just a small town somewhere in Livingstone County in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Due to its relatively small population Geneseo is a cozy and amiable environment where everyone seems to be to a part of a big family – Geneseo family. I was impressed by a number of scenes that I had a chance to observe. The first one took place

John Ordway Hello, I am Sergeant Tom Ordway,one of the crew in the Corps of Discovery. I was born in Hebron,New Hampshire, into a family of ten siblings. I attended school at a young age,and learnt skills that led to me being recruited for the journey. After school, I then then joined the United States Military. I was then selected to join the Corps of Discovery at the age of 29. I then joined Captain Lewis and CLark on the journey to discovery the Louisiana territory and the search of

Lake Champlain is a natural freshwater lake found in upstate New York and Vermont, and which also runs into Quebec, Canada.It is located in the Champlain Valley between Vermont's Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. This article is about Lake Champlain and the towns and sites it encompasses. Lake Champlain is named for Samuel de Champlain a French explorer who came across the lake in 1609. Although local ports such as Plattsburgh NY and Burlington VT are rarely used today

Lancelot Eldin de Mole was born on the 13th of March 1880 and died on the 6th of May 1950 when he was aged 70. He was born as a son of William Frederick de Mole, who was an architect and surveyor, and his wife Emily de Mole. When he was 7 years old, the family moved to Victoria where Lancelot attended Melbourne Church of England Grammar School until he was 11 and completed his education at Berwick Grammar School. He became a draftsman and before World War I worked on mining, surveying and engineering

In 1630, Puritan leader John Winthrop led the great migration to the New World. On board the ship Arbella, John Winthrop delivered a sermon titled "A Model of Christian Charity." His speech outlined the objectives he hoped to achieve in the New World. His ideals slightly influenced the Puritans judgments and philosophy however not as much as he had initially hoped for. It seems the judgments of the Suffolk County Court were not influenced by the Arbella sermon. Similarly, it doesn't appear that

Erin Mainzer Western Governor’s University C228 January 30, 2017 Onondaga Community is located in Central New York with a population of 468,387 people as of 2013 (Onondaga County, New York, n.d.). The county is 793.5 square miles; it is 35 miles long and 30 miles wide (OCNY, n.d.). Nicknamed the “Crossroads of New York State,” the 2 major interstates, I-90 and I-81, intersect through the center of the county. The City of Syracuse is at the heart of the county and is where most commercial

History A big part that people do not consider when they come to New York is about its’ early history, its disasters, and its’ historical events. In New York the first people living there were the native americans. There were two tribes the Iroquois and the Oneida. First, the Iroquois were a group of tribes the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, and the Seneca. Later, the Tuscarora joined the group of the 5. They had different names depending on what kind of people they were. The French called them the Iroquois

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. A wonderful place, the falls themselves being one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The roaring water, mist spraying from below, seagulls flying through the sky; One happy place. That was, until my family took a tour, three-hundred plus feet in the air, the aero-car being only attached to wires, stretching from boarder to boarder. A day filled with happiness turning into a day of fear. A fear of heights plus being three-hundred plus feet in the air with complete