BUSHNELL] NATIVE VILLAGES AND VILLAGE SITES Ne 
figure 1, taken from Plate XIII of Squier’s work (Squier, (1), 
pp- 61-62), and it is of the greatest interest to know the Seneca village 
was occupied long after the engraving of the Mahican town was made. 
Remarkable indeed is the history of this ancient Seneca site, which 
was destroyed by Sullivan in 1779, at which time the palisades were 
burned and the surrounding fields and orchards laid waste. This was 
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Fig. 1. —Plan of Ganundesaga Castle. 
the Ganundesaga Castle, which had been built, or rebuilt, by order 
of Sir William Johnson in 1756, and in writing of it Squier said: 
‘‘The traces of this palisaded work are very distinct, and its out- 
line may be followed with the greatest ease. Its preservation is 
entirely due to the circumstance that at the time of the cession of 
their lands at this point, the Senecas made it a special condition 
that this spot should never be brought under cultivation. ‘Here,’ 
