 Preston noted that the purchasing of so much wampum reflected the very close relations the Palatines had with the Iroquois.The Palatines used their metal-working skills to repair weapons that belonged to the Iroquois, built mills that ground corn for the Iroquois to sell to merchants in New York and New France, and their churches were used for Christian Iroquois weddings and baptisms.There were also a number of intermarriages between the two communities.