While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
A complete listing of all the Indian
villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of
Mexico.
Gaandowanang (Ga′-än-do-wǎ-nänñ
is a great tree. Hewitt). A former Seneca village on Genesee r., near
Cuylerville, N. Y.
Gadaho. (Gǎ-‛đä′a
-ho`, 'sand bank'. Hewitt). A former Seneca village that occupied the site
of Castile, Genesee co., N. Y.
Gahato ('floating branch'. Hewitt ). A village,
probably of the Seneca, in Chemung co., N. Y., which was burned by Sullivan in
1779. (J. M.)
Ganadoga (it is a divided village. Hewitt). A former
Oneida village in Oneida co., N. Y., near Oneida Castle.
Ganagweh (one took it out. Hewitt). A former Seneca
village about the site of Palmyra, N. Y.
Ganasarage (at the place of man drakes. Hewitt). A
former Tuscarora village on Canaseraga cr., at the present site of Sullivan, N.
Y.
Ganawagus (it has a swampy smell. Hewitt). A former
Seneca village on Genesee r., near Avon, N. Y.
Ganedontwan (Gǎ‘-ne‘-don-twän,
one put hemlock in the fire. Hewitt). A former Seneca village on the site of
Moscow, N. Y.
Ganogeh. (Gǎ-än-no’′-ge,
'place of floating oil'. Hewitt). The principal Cayuga village formerly on the
site of Canoga, N. Y.
Ganondasa (it is a new town. Hewitt). A former Seneca
village on the site of Moscow, N. Y.
Ganosgagong (among the milk weeds. Hewitt). A small
Seneca village formerly on the site of Dansville, N. Y.
Ganowarohare (skull is fastened to the top of it.
Hewitt). One of the former principal Oneida towns, situate on Oneida cr., at the
site of Vernon, N. Y. At this place the Jesuit mission of St Francois Xavier was
established in 1667. In 1777 it was destroyed by the Indians who had espoused
the British cause. (J. N. B. H.)
Gaousge (Gä-on'sage-on,
place of basswood. Hewitt). Probably a former Seneca village, located by Morgan
on Niagara r. N. Y.
Gaskosada (it is a waterfall. Hewitt). A former Seneca
village on Cayuga cr., w. of Lancaster, N. Y.
Gayagaanhe (Gŭ-yǎ’-gǎ′-än-hẻ,
its body is inclined. Hewitt). The former principal village of the Cayuga,
situate near the E. shore of Cayuga lake, 3½
miles s. of Union Springs, N. Y. St Joseph's mission was established there in
1668, and the settlement was destroyed by Gen. Sullivan in 1779. (J. M.)
Geneseo (Tyo’nesi′yo’),
there it has line banks. Hewitt). An important Seneca settlement formerly
situated about the site of Geneseo, N. Y. In 1750 it contained 40 or more large
houses. It was destroyed by Sullivan in 1779.
Gewauga (Odji′wǎgĕn‘,
it is bitter, salty. Hewitt). A Cayuga village on the site of the present Union
Springs, town of Springport, on the E. side of Cayuga lake, N.Y. It was
destroyed by Sullivan s troops, Sept. 22, 1779. (J. N. B. H.)
Goiogouen (Gwĕñio′gwĕn‘,
'place where locusts were taken out of a liquid'. Hewitt). One of the chief
towns of the Cayuga in 1670, and from which the tribe took its name, situated at
this time on the E. side of Cayuga lake, on Great Gully brook, about 4 m. s. of
the present Union Springs, and 4 leagues from the town of Tiohero (Kiohero),
lying at the N. end of Cayuga lake, and 6 leagues from Onnontare, these three
being the principal towns of the Cayuga when first known. The inhabitants of
Goiogouen were composed in part of Cayuga and in part of adopted captives from
the Huron, the Conestoga, and the Neutral Nation. This town or Bourg
d'Oiogouen,' in 1668, according to the Jesuit Relation for 1669, contained more
than 2,000 souls and could muster more than 300 warriors. While the Cayuga were
proud-spirited, the missionaries found them more tractable and less fierce than
were the Onondaga and the Oneida. At this town Father de Carheil dedicated the
mission of St Joseph on Nov. 9, 1668, and 7 days later witnessed the horrible
spectacle of the burning and the eating of a captive Conestoga woman.
Archeologic evidence indicates, what is usual in regard to the permanency of
Indian village sites, that this town has been removed from site to site within a
radius of 10 miles or more.
In 1779 Gen. Sullivan s army found three places named Cayuga; namely, (1) Cayuga
Castle, containing about 15 very large houses of squared logs, superior to any
thing seen before among these Indians; the troops destroyed here 110 acres of
corn; (2) Upper Cayuga, containing 14 houses, situated about 1 m. s. of the
Castle; (3) East Cayuga, Old Town, containing about 13 houses, situated about 1
m. N. E. from the Castle. In these towns the troops found apples, peaches,
potatoes, turnips, onions, pumpkins, squashes, cucumbers, watermelons, and
vegetables of various kinds in great abundance. These with other hamlets of the
Cayuga were burned and the fruit and vegetables destroyed by the troops, Sept.
23-24, 1779. (J. N. B. H.)
Gwaugweh. (one took out a locust. Hewitt). Probably a
former Seneca village near Niagara r., N. Y.
Gweghkongh. A village in 1657, probably belonging to the
Unami Delawares and apparently situated in N. New Jersey, near Staten id., or in
the adjacent part of New York.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
