THERE still live many of the descendants of the powerful Iro quois — the Six Nations — the great Indian Confederacy wbich once controlled a large part of the eastern section of this immense country of ours . Their hunting grounds have turned into well cultivated farms ; their wigwams into comfortable houses ; their spears and arrows into the smoking bowl of peace ; but many of the people themselves who remain have lost none of the bravery , firmness , and intelligence which were characteristic of the early