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
Iroquois Ironmen Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Iroquois Ironmen Iroquois Ironmen were a Canadian professional indoor lacrosse team that played in the Canadian Lacrosse League. The Ironmen, along with the Ohsweken Demons, played out of the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Ohsweken, Ontario. On November 8, 2013, team owner Rodney Hill announced that the team would be folding prior to the 2014 season. The Ironmen played their first game ever on January 7, 2012, at home, in Hagersville, Ontario. The Ironmen lost the game to the Brampton Inferno 18-11 in what was