Preface -- Introduction -- The Iroquois in the world on the turtle's back -- The great league of peace and power -- The great league for war and survival -- The economic lifeline to the Dutch -- The ascendency of the Francophiles -- The revolt of the Anglophiles -- The last of the Beaver Wars -- The political crisis of the Iroquois confederacy -- The precarious settlement abroad and at home -- The neutralist diplomacy of peace and balance -- The Iroquois in a Euro-American world -- Methodological comments.