A new and very advantageous situation was selected, at the mouth of the Tawasentha Creek, subsequently called Norman's Kill.
This name is said to have been derived from a native of Denmark, called the Norman, who settled there in 1630.
In this vicinity there was a very celebrated confederation of Indian tribes called the Five Nations.

These tribes were the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas.

They were frequently known by the generic name of the Iroquois.

When the Dutch arrived, the Iroquois were at war with the Canadian Indians, who, though composed of different tribes, were known by the general name of the Algonquins.
The Iroquois had been worsted in several conflicts.

This led them eagerly to seek alliance with the white men, who, with their wonderful instruments of war, seemed to wield the energies of thunder and lightning.
The Algonquins had, some years before, formed an alliance with the French in Canada.