Iroquois Brant's crossing of the river gave the original name to the area: Brant's Ford. By 1847, European settlers began to settle nearby and named the village Brantford. The original Mohawk settlement was on the south edge of the present-day Canadian city at a location still favorable for launching and landing canoes. In the 1830s many additional Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga, and Tuscarora relocated into the Indian Territory, the Province of Upper Canada, and Wisconsin. Many Iroquois (mostly Mohawk) and Iroquois-descended Métis people living in Lower Canada (primarily at Kahnawake) took employment with the Montreal-based North West Company during its existence
Iroquois, Illinois Iroquois, Illinois Iroquois is a village in Concord Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States, along the Iroquois River. As of the 2010 census the population was 154, down from 207 at the 2000 census. Iroquois is located in eastern Iroquois County at 40°49'40" North, 87°35'1" West (40.827880, -87.583591). It sits on the north side of the Iroquois River, a west-flowing tributary of the Kankakee River and part of the Illinois River watershed. U.S. Route 52 passes through the village, leading south to Sheldon and northwest the same distance to Donovan. The Indiana border is to the east via County Highway