inveterate enemies the Kah-kwahs, apeoplewho
are generally hut erroneously supposed to be the
same as the Eries.* It is not proposed in this
place, to consider the evidences on this point, or
to denote the origin and events of this war. It
is mainly alluded to as a historical incident connected
with the site. It is a site around which,
the Senecas have clung, «as if it marked an era
in their national history; although the work
itself was clearly erected by their enemies* i It
has been the seat of their government or council
fire, from an early period of our acquaintance
with them. It was here that Red Jacket uttered
some of his most eloquent harangues against the
steady encroachments of the white race, and in
favor of retaining this cherished"portion of their
lands, and transmitting thein with full title to
their descendants. It was here that the noted
captive, Dehewamis, better known as Mary
Jemison, came to live after a long life of most
extraordinary vicissitudes.;:. And it is. here that
the bones of the distinguished orator, and the no
less distinguished captive^ rest, side by side^with
a multitude of warriors, chiefs and sages. < JNor
can we, on natural principles of association, call
in question the truthfulness or force of the strenuous
objections, which, for so many years, the
whole tribe has opposed to the general policy of
its sale. But these events are now hi story; the
tribe has come into arrangements to remove to
* This is a French pronunciation of a Wyandot or Huron"
term. Vide Hennepin, Amsterdam, ed. 1698. ,
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reservations owned by their brethren, in more
westerly parts of the state, and there will soon
be no one left whose heart vibrates with the
blood of a Seneca, to watch the venerated resting
places of their dead.