This enabled them to support their own populations large enough to have sufficient warriors to defend against the threat of Iroquois conquest .
Muir uses archaeological data to argue that the Iroquois expansion onto Algonquian lands was checked by the Algonquian adoption of agriculture .
This enabled Iroquois to support Iroquois ' own populations large enough to have sufficient warriors to defend against the threat of Iroquois conquest .
Muir uses archaeological data to argue that the Iroquois expansion onto Algonquian lands was checked by the Algonquian adoption of agriculture .