clearly is, people of the^for who haye sprung from the) place
of the stone, *
Adirondak, Jourdakf proiroO&ees Lod^-Ion*daky piMmg ls
for rs and as. It means'' a -.people who eat trees.— an ex-
those wkoseSt the bark of • .4iFg.es;
For Cherokees, he gives We^au-dah; • for. J® elawares,. Lu-na-
to-guru What a. mass of'fog.* philologists are’fighting with,
who mistake, as the eminent Vatér apd A*ielung. haye, in
sortie cases dene, the different namesio f the saihe^trihesj -of
American Indians tor different- triads. hj
Antique Com Hills.—Amounted end-hundred cdrti&al layers
in a 'black walnut; eënife broke'so as foprevent counting
the whole number, but by measuring estimated"one hundred
and forty more. If soothe field was deserted in 4605.
Thé present proprietor .of the’farm comprising,the'Onefda
stone, spring; bufternwTgroVe, &b.," is^obTFyérfÖk. AHe-firSt
hired the land of Hendrik’s widow; afterwards he and Ofe|fg
were confirmed''by thé state. ’The ,whitfe stone at the'bprkfg,
a carbonate of'litoe, is nbtthe fftt'etDneida stone. The ÖMei-
da stone is ^syenite, a bóulden
Onondaga CASTfcè^Abranam Leï'ort says, that Qndfata
was the great chronicler of his tribes - He .had dftén/ heard
him speak of the traditions of-hfs, fat^W, On’hklasf journey
to Oneida he accompdbied hipi. t As they passed south
by .Jamesville and Pompey, Ojndiaka told him'that in anient'
times, and before they fixed down at Onondaga^ they lived
at these spots. Tbaf It was before _ the. Five Kcrtlons had
confederated; bpt,,whflc they-kept up a separate existence,
and fought with each other. They kept fighting apd moving
their villages often. This reduced^ their numbers^ and kept
them poop and in fear; When they had experienced much
sickness in a place, they thought it bpst to quit it, ahd
seek some new spöf, where it was- hoped they would have
better luck. At length they confederated, and then, the fortifications
were no longer necessary apd fell into disuse. This
is the,origin, he, believes, of these old works, which are not
of foreign origin^ ;
/Orldiaka told Le "Fort that the Onondagas were, created by
H$-W(i*ne-‘Ovm the Country where they -lived., That he made
* i s entirp«island, Ha-^hq^fiao, for f he re.d race, and meant it
-for them 'oof- dllnde tpor acknowledge, any
migrati®ns-front"-faMgn lands. -
% Thejr-plan-, a|tfer5tiafe confederation, was to adopt prisoners
and-captives.; > thaf jfeagiaents of tribes, were parted amongst
%te,' .and thus 'They'l^edffe term We4idt-wa4sha,
in a fighi^tive-f-sensef. in refatiatfgtd* such, fribes. This.term
paeafes^'hqdyyaA and quartered a%d. scattered around. So
they aimed- to -scatter-,their prisoners among the other nations.
There i&stiji j^od'iof th& i%5rqkeesAn.Qnqndaga.
Aihoy«bf thi^natiopfhhfP°e A chteto&ft$»g the Cherokees.
I attepfiok te\th4^esidence of the Mdra-
Wianmissionary,-Zceisbergen ;<He Said.therfe'Was no tradition
'ofe-sueh.^efekfeenbe; that the ..filch# men remembered no each
missioh; that* they Were »ever ptretfigly'opposed--to- all mis-
"sionaries after»,the expulsion of # e Jesuits, and he-felt confident
no- such person^ or any person dir the character of a
preacher, had livnd-,at Ohohdaga-Chstle; that there must be
some .mistake in- the matter.,
(A io i ln ^ ^ u d ^ .V ld ^ l - e F-c^tbat the Onondagas
forpierly wandered abqut VftJiojjt beipg long fixed at a place,
frequently, changing their yHlage^ from slight causes, such
as sickness,,; .Ap, '.T^Mj^ere^af w.ar with fl|e Irpquois bands.
They also^ at Wpr Jwith'^otihef tribes., Hence forts
' Were necessary, but .after they confederated, such defen-
feU.into disuse. They lived in the present areas
of De Witt, Lafayette, Pompey and Manlius, along Butternut
ereqk, &c. -Here the, French visited thepa,. and built a fort,
- after their confederation.
Ezeki.el Webster stated that the Indians'were never as numerous
as appearances led men to think. This_ appearance