fort, and hadthe nucleus of a colony around rt, ^xelted the
Jealousy and ire of the Qhondftgas, hy the hostility of some
’Western tribes in their influence. Against these the Onondaga
warriors marched. The French than attacked the ted men,
&.C. ‘ This led to* their expulsion ahd^imassacne: All, were
drilled but a priest, who lived between the present’'towp's of
Salina and Liverpool,' HA refused to quit bekbeably, They
then put a chain around -^ploughshare, and heatiqg. it, hung
it about his pedk; he was thus, with thfr^mb^J. of agriculture,
tortured to death. His hat was standing /wf.en the country
was settled, ■
The, attempt to-settle,; western' New York, t»v. fhe French
was in the age of western chivalry, (the 16th century,) and
was truly Quixotic.
Tradition.—Pompey and' its precincts ,we/e 'regarded hy
the Indians as the groqpd-pf blood,' and it feMpgbt -up to" their
minds many dark reminiscent#; aS they passed it. Some
twfentyyears ag6, ‘there lived-an tgef^'Oh'onda'ggfr who said
that many moons before hid fatherVd^^®ferexanreS'^a¥ty
_<of white men froth the east-in sdafbh' oTsi]^hri^Fr6ipv the
heights of the Onondaga hills,' they de'scri^dfhe white' foatn
o f Onondaga lake' and this was all semratMe^they Aver
found of silver. , One Of the men died,1 and Ws buried ‘On
Pompey hill, and hkg ra verWasTnarked by p¥tbne* The”
others built a fort on the noted ground, uh<3ufVmiie east o f -
Jatoesville, wh'ere they -cuMYated threTafldphut at/ength the
Indians came in the night and -put them alFto death. But
there was a fearful' and -bloody Strife, in which-'the'Indians'
fell like leaves before the autumn wind. This sdot ife the field
of blood. This was told me by Lucien Birdseye, ^sq.
A u r o r a .—Called on the Rev. Mr, 'Matto'on.; Vestiges, o.f
theCayugas; villages; orchards; old forts, ,Get a vocabii-
* Q u e ry , is Hot th is th e in s c rip tio n S tone n ow d e p o s ite d in th e A lb a 4
niy Institute.
lafy of Their language from Canada; get diagram of forts.
Kaiistagw, or Steel,trap, thought to have, been unfairly dealt
with at his death; buried in the road. Fish Carrier’s reserve
afthe-briige; fopr miles square. Red Jacket born on
'the 'Opposite banks of, the lake at, Canoga; historical reminiscences
of-Mr. Burnham; letter, stating the first settlements
on The Military tract -at Aurora; address before the
GvO/.i.;yfol|y, Of keeping the society'secret; intelligence,
moral tpne,' hospitality of the place; cars at Cayuga bridge;
j^ogan wa?-, the son of a-Oayuga; did-'the Cayugps conquer
the^btelbs bf Viigink,,. and' adopt the remnant? Cayugas
scattered among the Senecas, in, Canada and west of the
Mississippi; bow »many left? what annuities?
> CGENEVl-^Ancieni jsite of the Senecas; origin of the word
Seneca; is it Ihdian-pr npt Indian? examine old forts said to
exist jn this area; /ore-there- diny vestiges of lndian occupancy
at The Clth,Castle,;.al: Cashong, Painted Post, Catherinestown,
Appletown?,. •
r C^A^Dism-UA^U-ln‘visiting Fort-hill on the-lake, see what
-'iestigesr, another' sitb'bearing this name, exists to the north
bf'vl^osspm?s; what antiquities? what traditions? ask old
residents;-inquire of Seneeqs west.- ‘
- ^ chEsTbr.—Nothing- left here of the footprints of the
Xachj all covered deep, and highwith brick-and stone; whole
the Gendsee%or(hy’examination,’,-in all its lengths
and branches;" waUts.the means of'an antiquarian society to
dip thi§, ■ I
- “Truly-the- Iroquois' pave had visited upon them the fate
With <which they visited others. They destroyed and scattered,
and have, in turn, beeir destroyed and scattered. But
their crime waft the least'.They destroyed as heathens, hut
we aS Christians. ' .In any View; the antiquarian interest is
the same,-the tnoral - intfefe&t the* same. The Iroquois had
noble hearts. They" sighed for farhe. They took bold of the
tomahawk as the-only mode of distinction. They brought up
thei# yoimgnmen to-Tbe war-dance. They carefully taught