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C- New
York Indian Villages, Towns and
Settlements
A complete listing of all the Indian villages,
towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.
Cahunghage. A former Iroquois village on the s. side of
Oneida lake, N. Y.
Canadasaga (Gă-nă-dă-se′-ge,
'at the new town'). A former
Seneca town near the present Geneva, N. Y. On account of its size it was for
a time considered one of the chief towns of the tribe. In 1700 it was situated 1
m. s. E. of Geneva, but in 1732, on account of the ravages of smallpox, the
inhabitants removed 2 or 3 m. s. w., to the s. bank of Burrell s (Slate Rock)
cr. At the breaking out of the French and Indian war this site was also
abandoned, and the inhabitants moved to Canadasaga brook, or Castle brook, s. w.
of Geneva. Here, in 1756, a stockade was built for their protection by Sir
William Johnson. The town became known as New Castle, and was destroyed by
Sullivan in 1779. (J. M. J. N. B. H.)
Canajoharie (Kă-nă-djo′‘ha-re‘,
it, the kettle, is fixed on the end of it) . An important
Mohawk village, known as Upper Mohawk Castle, formerly situated on the E.
bank of Otsquago cr., nearly opposite Ft Plain, Montgomery co., N. Y. The
community of this name occupied both banks of Mohawk r. for some distance above
and below the village. It was also once known as Middle Mohawk Castle. (J. N. B.
H.)
Canandaigua (Gă-nă-dă-ă′-gwänñ,
a village was formerly there). An important Seneca town near the site of the
present Canandaigua, N. Y., destroyed by Sullivan in 1779. There was another
settlement not far distant, called New Canandaigua, which also was probably
destroyed the same year. (J. N. B. H.)
Canastigaone. A former Mohawk village on the N. side of
Mohawk r., just above Cohoes Falls, N. Y.
Caneadea (Gä-on‘hia’-di-on‘,
it (sky) impinges on it ). A former
Seneca village on the site of Caneadea, Allegany co., N. Y. Being the most
distant southerly from the lower Genesee r. towns, and protected by mountains,
it escaped destruction by Sullivan in 1779, as he turned northward from
Dayoitgao. Caneadea, which was a "castle" and for many years had a council
lodge, was the point of departure of the Seneca on their war expeditions to the
w. and s. w. (J. N. B. H.)
Canienga (at the place of the flint). A former Mohawk
castle situated at the distance of a bow-shot from the N. side of Mohawk r., N.
Y. The Mohawk name for themselves is derived from this place. In 1677 it had a
double palisade with 4 ports inclosing 24 lodges, (J. N. B. N.)
Carantouan (it is a large tree). One of the chief
palisaded towns of the
Conestoga, which in 1615 was situated 3 short days journey from the fort of
the Iroquois attacked by Champlain in that year. It was probably on the site of
the present Waverly, N. Y., and the palisade attacked was perhaps near the
present Liverpool, on the E. side of Onondaga lake. (J.N. B.H.)
Cashong. A small
Seneca village situated in 1779 about 7 m. s. of the present site of Geneva,
N. Y. Clark in Sullivan (1779), Ind. Exped., 130, note, 1887.
Catherine's Town. A former Seneca village situated
about the site of the present Catherine, N. Y., or, according to Conover, at
Havana Glen. It took its name from Catherine Montour, a Canadian woman who was
taken by the
Iroquois and afterward became the chief matron in her clan. It was destroyed
by Sullivan in 1779. (J. N. B . H.)
Catskill. A division of the
Munsee formerly living on Catskill cr., w. of the Hudson, in Greene co., N.
Y. They were one of the Esopus tribes, and were known to the French as Mahingans
(or Loups) of Taracton, but this name may have included other bands in that
region. The name Catskill is Dutch, and was first applied to the stream as
descriptive of the totem of the band, which was really the wolf.
Cattaraugus A Seneca settlement on a branch of Cattaraugus cr. ,
Cattaraugus co., N. Y. In 1903 there were 1,272 Seneca and 182
Cayuga and
Onondaga on the reserve, which contains 21,680 acres, 14,800 of which are
under cultivation.
Caughnawaga. The ancient capital of the Mohawk tribe,
situated in 1667 on Mohawk r., near the present site of Auriesville, N. Y. The
Jesuits maintained there for a time the mission of St Pierre. The town was
destroyed by the French in 1693.
Chemung. An
Iroquois village, probably of the Seneca, formerly on or near the site of
the present Chemung, N. Y. It was destroyed by Sullivan in 1779. An older
village of the name stood about 3 in. farther down Chemung r. (J. M. )
Chenango (Seneca: Ochenango, large bull
thistles. Hewitt). A former village on the river of the same name, about
Binghamton, Broome co., N. Y. It was settled in 1748 by the Nanticoke from
Maryland, under Iroquois protection. Soon thereafter they were joined by a part
of the Shawnee, together with remnants of the
Mahican and
Wappinger tribes. The whole body moved w. about the beginning of the French
and Indian war in 1754, and were mostly incorporated with the Delawares. (J. M.)
Chenughivata An Onondaga village in New York in
1774. Johnstown conf. (1774) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., viii, 506, 1857.
Chibaouinani A former Missisauga village, also
known as La Cloche, on Cloche id., in L. Huron, N. of Manitoulin id.
Chinoshahgeh (at the bower [?]). A Seneca village near
Victor, N. Y., on or near the site of the earlier settlement called Kanagaroo,
that was broken up by the Denonville expedition. Shea in Charlevoix, New Fr.,
in, 289, note, 1864.
Chonodote (perhaps tyohnodote, 'where a spring issues'.
Hewitt). A former Cayuga settlement located on Machin's map of Sullivan's
expedition (Conover, MS., B. A. E.) on the E. side of Cayuga lake, a few
miles s. of the present Cayuga, N. Y. It was probably destroyed by Sullivan in
1779.
Chuchtononeda. A Mohawk division formerly occupying the
s. side of Mohawk r., N. Y., from Schenectady almost to Schoharie cr. (Macauley,
N. Y., 11, 295, 1829). Their principal village probably bore the same name.
Chugnut. A small tribe living, about 1755, under
Iroquois protection in a village of the same name on the s. side of Susquehanna
r., opposite Binghamton, Broome co., N. Y. In 1758 they were on the Susquehanna
with the Nanticoke, Conoy, and Tutelo. Choconut cr. takes its name from the
tribe. Conoy, Mahican, Nanticoke, Shawnee, and probably Munsee bands also
resided there, and the name may have been a local, not a tribal, designation.
(J. M.)
Churamuk. A former considerable village on the E. side
of Susquehanna r., 18 in. above Oswego, N. Y. ; destroyed by Sullivan in 1779.
Livermore (1779) in N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., vi, 322, 1850.
Condawhaw. A Seneca settlement, in 1779, on the site of
the present North Hector, N. Y. Doc. of 1779 quoted by Conover,
Kanadesaga and Geneva MS., B. A. E.
Corchaug. A tribe or band formerly occupying Riverhead
and Southold town ships on Long id., N. Y., N. of Peconic bay, and extending w.
to Wading r. Cutchogue, Mattituck, Ashamomuck, and Aquebogue were probably sites
of their villages. The Yannococ Indians, N. of Peconic r., must have been
identical with the Corchaug tribe or a part of it. (J. M.)
Coreorgonel. The chief Tutelo town in New York, settled
in 1753; situated in 1779 on the w. side of Cayuga lake inlet and on the border
of the great swamp, 3 m. from the s. end of Cayuga lake. When destroyed by
Dearborn in 1779 it contained 25 "elegantly built" houses. Sir Wm. Johnson, in a
conference with the Six Nations in July, 1753, said to the Cayuga: "It is
agreeable news that you are about to strengthen your Castle by taking in the
Tedarighroones [Tutelo], and shall give a pass to those of that Nation here
among you that they and the rest of them may come and join your Castle
unmolested" (N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., vi, 811, 1855). Three of these Tutelo
were present at this meeting "to partake in the name of their Nation of the
intended present." (J. N. B. H.)
Cotsjewaminck. A former village on Long Island, N. Y.,
probably near the w. end. Doc. of 1645 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., xiv, 60,
1883.
Cutchogue. The present Cutchogue in Suffolk co., Long
id., N. Y., occupies the site of a former Indian village, probably of the same
name, which was in the Corchaug territory. Thompson, Long Island, i, 392,
1843.
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