Mengwe

But in the course of their journeys they discovered that they were not the earliest emigrants in this direction, for they met with a great tribe called the Mengwe, later known as the Iroquois, who had come from a country west of the

Stories of New Jersey Frank Richard Stockton 1868

They were said to have regularly built earthen fortifications, in which they defended themselves so well that at last the Delawares were obliged to seek the assistance of the "Mengwe," or Iroquois, with the result that after a warfare extending over many years the Alligewi finally received a crushing defeat, the survivors fleeing down the river and abandoning the country to the invaders, who thereupon parceled it out amongst themselves, the "Mengwe" choosing the portion about the Great Lakes while the Delawares took possession of that to the south and east.

Indians of North Carolina: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Response to a Senate Resolution of June 30, 1914, a Report on the Condition and Tribal Rights of the Indians of Robeson and Adjoining Counties of North Carolina O. M. McPherson 1915

To the voice of the women the artful Mengwe added many arguments, which were of weight with the unsuspecting Delawares, and many pleas addressed to their generosity.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

At length, it became the fortune of our tribe to be surprised in our encampment on the banks of the Kickapoo, by a numerous band of the bloody and warlike Mengwe.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

The Mengwe crept out of the same hole, but it was a long while afterwards.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

Thus spoke the women, at the prompting of the artful Mengwe; it is not necessary to say that they were listened to.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

The Mengwe took the lands which lay on the shores of the lakes of the north; the

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

Lenape warrior took the Mengwe maiden to his tent, and her brother had

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

The Mengwe, who till now had only looked on while our nation had done the fighting, offered to join our warriors, if, when the country was conquered, they should be allowed to share it with us.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

At length the tribe was surprised in its encampment on the banks of the Kickapoo by a numerous band of the fierce Mengwe.

Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian Anonymous