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Beaver Wars (Iroquois Wars)

1609 CE – 1701 CE

The Iroquois Confederacy, armed with Dutch and English muskets, fought to control the fur trade and nearly destroyed the Huron, Erie, and other Great Lakes peoples in one of the bloodiest conflicts…

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Conflict · Americas

Beaver Wars (Iroquois Wars)

1609 CE – 1701 CE

Haudenosaunee, other Indigenous nations, and European allies fought over trade and power; the Great Peace of Montreal followed in 1701.

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