Iroquois prosperous settlements in the 19th century, supporting themselves via farming and the sale of sleds, snowshoes, boats, and baskets. In 1884, about 100 Canadian Iroquois were hired by the British government to serve as river pilots and boatmen for the relief expedition for the besieged General Charles Gordon in Khartoum in the Sudan, taking the force commanded by Field Marshal Wolsely up the Nile from Cairo to Khartoum. On their way back to Canada, the Canadian Iroquois river pilots and boatmen stopped in London, where they were personally thanked by Queen Victoria for their services to Queen and Country. In
Village in the country, a mosque, and a community centre ( or ). In Indonesia, depending on the principles they are administered, villages are called Kampung or Desa (officially "kelurahan"). A ""Desa"" (a term that derives from a Sanskrit word meaning "country" that is found in the name "Bangladesh"="bangla" and "desh/desha") is administered according to traditions and customary law ("adat"), while a "kelurahan" is administered along more "modern" principles. "Desa" are generally located in rural areas while "kelurahan" are generally urban subdivisions. A village head is respectively called "kepala desa" or "lurah". Both are elected by the local community. A "desa"