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Originally posted by Fitzhugh Williams

The Hurons had been almost exterminated by the Iroquois in 1649 and the remnants the moved north of Georgian Bay. That's a LONG way from Fort WH.

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Originally posted by James N.



If you care to think about it, what "saved" Cora and Alice's CHASTITY during this long period spent with Magua and his followers would have been the supposed taboo during "active campaigning" by some of the Woodland tribes. They apparantly feared that sexual or other unnecessary contact with females, even their own, would somehow affect their "medicine", bringing curses upon their venture. ( Mass rape MIGHT be possible once they'd returned from their expedition; but that hasn't happened - YET. )

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Originally posted by James N.

Rich,

This was obviously a well- and long-established village of wigwams, not a hunter's or warrior's camp. ( Note especially all the women & children. ) This couldn't possibly exist anywhere within the bounds of Iroquoia, which lay from Lake Champlain on the east to Lake Erie on the west; and from Ft. Pitt in the south to Canawaugha near Ontario in the north. Of course this wasn't all occupied by the Iroquois; but everyone within was either Iroquois by heritage or alliance. Some, like the Canawaugha and Seneca were French-leaning. Non-Iroquois like those around the Forks of the Ohio ( Ft. Pitt/Pittsburg ) were made to "toe the line" through a system of what have been called "proconsuls" ( think like those of the Roman Empire: Pilate, etc. ). That's why George Washington's ally against the French in 1755 was called the "Half-King" by the English ( it wasn't his NAME ); he was one of these Iroquois "administrators" appointed by the "central government" in Onondaga.

The Iroquois, though their power was definitely slipping, were still powerful and feared enough to absolutely prohibit the existance of ANY rivals like these Huron within their "sphere of influence"; ANY opposition to this would've brought about the absolute slaughter of the transgressors, like the fate of the hapless Eries I've mentioned before. Therefore this villiage simply HAS to be in modern Canada, no doubt north of the Mohawk villiage at Canawaugha, the French settlement at Montreal, and the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes waterway.

I think you can easily figure that Magua's company moved at a reasonably fast-pace without really hurrying, and that it took a relatively LONG time for Hawkeye, et al. to catch up with them, following recovery from their own ordeal; arriving in the best Hollywood tradition at about the same time as Magua. Remember the "I WILL find you" pep talk he gave Cora, no doubt since he KNEW they were going to be separated for what was no doubt a considerable time.

If you care to think about it, what "saved" Cora and Alice's CHASTITY during this long period spent with Magua and his followers would have been the supposed taboo during "active campaigning" by some of the Woodland tribes. They apparantly feared that sexual or other unnecessary contact with females, even their own, would somehow affect their "medicine", bringing curses upon their venture. ( Mass rape MIGHT be possible once they'd returned from their expedition; but that hasn't happened - YET. )

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