Although the Iroquois first attacked their traditional enemies (the Algonquins, Mahicans, Montagnais, and Hurons), the alliance of these tribes with the French quickly brought the Iroquois into fierce and bloody conflict directly with the colonists.
Iako su irokeške napadi prvotno bilo usmjeravalo na njihove tradicionalne neprijatelje (Algonkine, Mahicane, Montagnais i Hurone), savez ovih plemena sa Francuzima je brzo doveo Irokeze u žestoki i krvavi sukob sa samim europskim doseljenicima.