This is a view of the Mohawk Valley, taken as we traveled east on Rt 5, east of Little Falls, NY. A nearby historical marker reminds travelers that this Valley was once the home of the Mohawk Indians, "proud members of the powerful Six-Nation Iroquois Confederacy." The Valley was the main gateway between the Adirondack Mountains and the Allegheny Plateau. It was the pathway of Christian missionaries, pioneering settlers, adventurers, trappers, and contending armies during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.