The Europeans infiltrated the interior of the northeastern territory approximately around 1634. The contact with Europeans had damaging affect on Native American populations and their resources. Trigger (1990) mentions, that the Dutch were looking to trade goods such as guns, for Beaver pelts (6). The demand for beaver pelts resulted in the Iroquois expanding their hunting territory into what was deemed Huron territory, and it led to bloody warfare, since Iroquois had larger populace they were able to obtain more pelts and thus more guns, ending in an atrocity for the Huron (Trigger 1990, 6). Yet, the European dominance did not fare well for the Iroquois either, their population also severely dwindled and the Iroquois resorted to taking in
