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[[File:AC3 CA SP 15 MohawkVillage.jpg|thumb|250px|A Mohawk village.]] | [[File:AC3 CA SP 15 MohawkVillage.jpg|thumb|250px|A Mohawk village.]] | ||
The '''Mohawk''' were a tribe of indigenous people found in upstate [[New York]].<ref name="Wikipedia">{{Wiki|Mohawk people|''Wikipedia:'' Mohawk people}}</ref> They called themselves the '''Kanien'gehaga''' or '''Kanien'keha:ka '''which means "People of the Flint". The village is by a lakeside in the Diamond Basin, on the [[Frontier]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - Inside ''Assassin's Creed III'' Episode 3</ref> | The '''Mohawk''' were a tribe of indigenous people found in upstate [[New York]].<ref name="Wikipedia">{{Wiki|Mohawk people|''Wikipedia:'' Mohawk people}}</ref> They called themselves the '''Kanien'gehaga''' or '''Kanien'keha:ka '''which means "People of the Flint". The village is by a lakeside in the Diamond Basin Hunting Region, on the [[Frontier]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - Inside ''Assassin's Creed III'' Episode 3</ref> | ||
At least one of their members, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], joined the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].<ref>''GameInfomer'' April 2012 issue: ''Assassin's Creed III''</ref> | At least one of their members, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], joined the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].<ref>''GameInfomer'' April 2012 issue: ''Assassin's Creed III''</ref> | ||
During the [[American Revolutionary War]], due to unresolved conflicts with settlers encroaching into the Mohawk Valley, and outstanding treaty obligations to the [[England|British]] Crown, the Mohawk fought against the [[United States]].<ref name="Wikipedia"/> | During the [[American Revolutionary War]], due to unresolved conflicts with settlers encroaching into the Mohawk Valley, and outstanding treaty obligations to the [[England|British]] Crown, the Mohawk fought against the [[United States]].<ref name="Wikipedia"/> [[Charles Lee]] and his [[Templars|Templar]] followers confronted [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] as a child playing in the forest outside the village, and they later went on to torch the village, where [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] lost his mother; [[Kaniehti:io]], in their burning hut. | ||
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Revision as of 22:31, 11 November 2012
The Mohawk were a tribe of indigenous people found in upstate New York.[1] They called themselves the Kanien'gehaga or Kanien'keha:ka which means "People of the Flint". The village is by a lakeside in the Diamond Basin Hunting Region, on the Frontier.[2]
At least one of their members, Ratonhnhaké:ton, joined the Assassin Order.[3]
During the American Revolutionary War, due to unresolved conflicts with settlers encroaching into the Mohawk Valley, and outstanding treaty obligations to the British Crown, the Mohawk fought against the United States.[1] Charles Lee and his Templar followers confronted Ratonhnhaké:ton as a child playing in the forest outside the village, and they later went on to torch the village, where Ratonhnhaké:ton lost his mother; Kaniehti:io, in their burning hut.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia: Mohawk people
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III - Inside Assassin's Creed III Episode 3
- ↑ GameInfomer April 2012 issue: Assassin's Creed III