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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849. 288 words

Canajorha is also singly stockadoed; and the like man r of ports and quantity of houses as Canagora; the like situacon; only about two miles distant from the water. is situated

Tionondogue is double stockadoed around, has four ports, four foot wide a piece, contains a bt 30 houses; is scituated on a hill a bow shott from y e Eiver.

The small village is without ffence, and conteyns about ten houses; lyes close by the river side, on the north side, as do all the former.

The Maquaes pass in all for about 300 fighting men. Their corn grows close by the River side.

Of the Situacon of the Oneydas and Onondagoes and their Strength. The Onyades have but one town, which lys about 130 miles westward of the Maques. situate about

Itt is

twenty miles from a small river which comes out of the hills to the southward, and

runs into lake Teshiroque, and about 30 miles distant from the Maquaes river, which lyes to the northward; the town is newly settled, double stockadoed, but little cleared ground, so thatt they are forced to send to the Onondagoes to buy corne;

are said to have about 200 fighting men,

The towne consists of about 100 houses. Their Corne grows round about the towne.

They

The Onondagoes have butt one towne, butt itt is very large; consisting of about 140 houses, nott fenced; is situate upon a hill thatt is very large, the banke on each side extending itself att least two miles, all cleared land, whereon the corne is planted. They have likewise a small village about two miles beyond thatt, consisting of about 24 houses. They ly to the southward of e west, about y