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halgh in 1677 placed them at 1,750, proba- 

 bly their greatest strength. Later author- 

 ities give the numbers as 1,250 (1721), 

 1,000 (1736), 1,300 (1765), and 1,150 

 (1778), but these figures do not include 

 those on the St Lawrence. In 1851 Mor- 

 gan estimated their total number at about 

 900, including 400 on Grand r. In 1906 

 those in New York numbered 553, the 

 rest of the tribe being with the Six 

 Nations in Canada. 



The Onondaga towns, so far as known, 

 were Ahaouete, Deseroken (traditional), 

 Gadoquat, Gannentaha (mission and fort, 

 Kaneenda ), Gistwiah na, Onondaga, Onon- 

 daghara*, Onondahgegahgeh, Onontatacet, 

 Otiahanague, Teionnontatases, Tgasunto, 

 Touenho (Goienho), Tueadasso, and 

 some transient hunting and fishing ham- 

 lets, (j. N. B. H. ) 

 Anandagas. — Audouard, Far West, 178, 1869. Des- 

 onontage.— Maeauley, N. Y., ii, 190, 1829 (quoted 

 from some French source; evidently the name 

 Onondaga with the French article des). Ho-de'- 

 san-no-ge-ta. — Morgan, League Iroq., 97, 1851. 

 Honnontages.— Hennepin, New Discov., 18, 1698. 

 Hutchistanet.— Gatschet, Seneca MS., 1882 (Seneca 

 form of council name). Jenondages. — Markham 

 (1691) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ni, 808, 1853. La 

 Montagne.— Greenhalgh (1677), ibid., 252 (French 

 name for Onondaga Castle). Let-tegh-segh-nig- 

 egh-tee.— Macauley, N. Y., Ii, 185, 1829 (an official 

 name). Montagneurs.— Greenhalgh (1677) in N. 

 Y. Doc. Col. Hist. Ill, 2.52, 1853 (.so called by 

 French). Montagues.— Vaudreuil (1760), ibid., x, 

 1093, 1858 ^misprint ?). Mountaineers. — Henne- 

 pin, Cont. of New Discov., 92, 1698 (English 

 translation). Nation de la Montagne. — Jes. Rel. 

 1669, 8, 1858. Nondages.— Writer of 1673 in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., II, 594, 18-58. 'Nontagues.— Beau- 

 harnois (1727), ibid., ix, 968, 1.^56. Nontaguez. — 

 Beauharnois (1734), ibid., 1041. Omates. — Nar- 

 rative of 1693, ibid., 567 (misprint for Ononta^). 

 Onadago. — Deed of 1789 in Am. St. Papers, Ind. 

 Aff. . 1, 513, 1832. Onandaga.— Albany Conf . ( 1746) in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., vi, 319, 18.55. Onandagers.— 

 Weiser (1748) quoted by Rupp., W. Pa., app., 16, 

 1846. Onandages.— Vernon (1697 1 in N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., IV, 289, 1854. Onandago.— Rupp, Northamp- 

 ton, etc., Cos., 49, 1845. Onandagos.— Procter (1791) 

 in .\m. St. Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 156, 1832. Onando- 

 gas.— Chalmers in Hoyt, Antiq. Res., 1.59, 1824. 

 Onantagues. — Chauvignerie (1736) in Schoolcraft, 

 Ind. Tribes, in, 555, 18.53. Ondages.— Louis XIV 

 (1699) in N. Y. Doe. Col. Hist., ix, 697, 1855. Ondion- 

 dago.— Lords of Trade (1754), ibid. .VI, 846, 1855 (vil- 

 lage). One-daugh-ga-haugh-ga. — Macaulev, N. Y., 

 II, 185, 1829. Onendagah.— Doc. of 1719 in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., V, ,528, 18.55. O-nen-ta'-ke.— Hewitt, 

 inf'n, 1887 (correct form). Onnandages. — Deed of 

 1701 in N. Y. Doe. Col. Hist., iv, 910, 1854. Onnata- 

 gues. — Lahontan (1703) quoted by Drake, Bk. 

 Inds., bk. 5, 5, 1848. Onnentagues. — Hennepin, 

 Cont. New DLscov., 93, 1698. Onnondaga. — French 

 Doc. (1666) trans, in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., iii, 125, 

 18.53. Onnondages. — Livingston (1677). ibid., Xlll, 

 510, 1881. Onnondagoes.— Doc. of 1688, ibid.. Ill, 

 ,56.5, 18.53. Onuondagues.— Schuyler (1702), ibid., 

 IV, 983, 1854. Onnonlages. — Hennepin, Cont. of 

 New Discov., 95, 1698 (misprint ). Onnontae. — .Tes. 

 Rel. 16.54, 8, 1858 (village). Onnontaehronnons. — 

 Jes. Rel. 1648, 46, 1858. Onnontaeronnons. — .Jes. 

 Rel. 1647, 46, 1858. Onnontaghe.— .Tes. Rel. 1658, 8, 

 18.58 (village). Onnontagheronnons. — .les. Rel. 

 1657. 15, 1858. Onnontagk.— Narrative of 1693 in 

 N. \'. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 572, 1855 (village). On- 

 nontague.— .Jes. Rel. 1670, 7.5, 1858 (village). On- 

 nontaguehronnons. — Jes. Rel. 16-56, 30, 1858. Onnon- 

 tagueronnons. — Jes. Rel. 16-56, 17, 18.58. Onnonta- 

 guese.— Macaulev, N. Y., II, 185, 1829. Onnon- 

 taguez.— Jes. Rel. 1670, 6, 1858. Onnontatoe.— De- 

 nonville ? (1688) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 377, 



1866 (village). Onnontoeronnons. — Jes. Rel. 1657, 

 8, 1858. Onnotagues. — Lahontan, New Vov., I, 231. 

 1703. Ononda-agos.— Vater, Mith., pt. 3, 314, 1816, 

 Onondades.— Leisler (1690) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 Ill, 7U0, ix-'i3. Onondaeronnons.— Jes. Rel. 1646, 16, 

 1858. Onondagaes. — Doc. of 1765 in N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., VII, 719, 1»56. Onondagah.— Doc. of 1719, 

 ibid., V, 529, 1855. Onondages.— Dongan (1684) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. 4th s., ix, 187, 1871. Ononda- 

 gez.— Bacqueville de la Potherie, Hist. Am., iv, 

 128, 17,53. Onondaghas.— Burnet (1720) in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., V. 677, 1855. Onondaghe.— Jes. Rel. 1647, 

 9, 18.58 (village). Onondagheronons. — Ibid. Ononda- 

 goes. — Ind. Problem N. Y., 196, 1889. Onondagos. — 

 Greenhalgh ( 1677) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., in, 2-50, 

 1853. Onondagues. — Doc. of 1676, ibid., Xlll, 500, 

 1881. Onondajas.— Johnson HallConf. (1765), ibid., 

 VII, 719, 18-56. Onondakes.— La Montagne (1664), 

 ibid., XIII, 355, 1881. Onondawgaws. — Jefferys, Fr. 

 Doms., pt. 1, map and note, 1761. Onondegas. — 

 Johnson (1757) in N. Y'. Doc. Col. Hist., vii, 278, 

 1866. Onontae.— Jes. Rel. 1642, 83, 18-58 (tribe; in 

 the Relation for 16-56, p. 7, it is used as the name 

 of the village). Onontaehronon. — Jes. Rel. 1637, 

 111, 18,58. Onontaerhonons.— Jes. Rel. 1635, 34, 1858. 

 Onontaeronons. — Jes. Rel. 1656, 2, 1858. Onontaer- 

 rhonons.— Jes. Rel. 1635, 34, 18,58. Onontaez.— La 

 Salle {ca. 1682) in Hist. Mag., 1st s., v, 198, l,s61. 

 Onontager. — Weiser (1737) in Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, iv, 325, 18,54. Onontages. — Humphreys, 

 Acct., 305, 1730. Onontaghes.— Doc. of 1695 in N.Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 596, 18-55. Onontago.— Weiser 

 in Pa. Col. Rec, iv, 778, 18-52-56 (village), Onon- 

 tague.— Jes. Bel. 1656, 7, 1858 (village). Ononta- 

 gueronon.— Sagard (1632), Hist. Can., iv, 1866 

 (Huron name). Onontaguese. — Harris, Vov. and 

 Trav., II, 928, 1705. Onontahe.— Writer of 1695 in 

 N.Y'. Doc. Col. Hist., IX,, 599, l.s,55 (village). Onon- 

 taheronons. — Jes. Rel. 1656, 10, 1858. Onontake. — 

 Hennepin, New Discov., 316, 1698. Onontatacet. — 

 Bellin, map, 17,55. Ononthagues. — Doc. of 1695 in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 612, 18,55. Onoontaugaes. — 

 Edwards (1751) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., Ists., x, 

 146, 1^09. Onoundages.— Doc. of 1684 in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., Ill, 347, 18,53. Ontagues.— Frontenac 

 (1682), ibid., IX, 186, 1855. 0-nun-da'-ga-o;;no.— 

 Morgan, League Iroq., 62, 1851. Onundagega. — 

 Gatschet, Seneca MS., 1882 (Seneca name). 

 Onundagega-non6"dshunda. — Gatschet. ibid. ( ' large 

 mountain jieople': a Seneca name). Onundaw- 

 goes.— Dudley (1721) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll.. 2d 

 S., VIII, 244, 1-810. Oonontaeronnons. — Jes. Rel. 1647, 

 46, 18,58. Sagosanagechteron.— Weiser in Pa. Col. 

 Rec, V, 477, ls-52-,56 (council name). Seuh-nau- 

 ka-ta.— Cusick, Five Nat., 21, 1S48 (council name). 

 Seuh-no-keh'te.— W. M. Beauchamp, inf'n, 1907 

 ('bearing the names': own name). Seuh-now- 

 ka-ta.— Macauley, N. Y., ii, 185, 1829 (an offii'ial 

 name). Tha-to-dar-hos. — Ibid., 176 (given as a 

 name for the tribe, but evidently another form 

 of Atotarho, the hereditary title of a chief). 

 TJnedagoes. — Coursey (1682) in N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., XIII, ,5,58, 1-S81. Yagochsanogechti.— Pyrljeus 

 (CO. 1750) quoted bv Gatschet in Am. Antiq., iv, 

 75, 1881. 



Onondaga. The former chief Onondaga 

 town of central New York, whose site 

 and name were shifted from time to time 

 and from place to place. Within its lim- 

 its formerly lay the unquenched brands 

 of the Great Council Fire of the League of 

 the Iroquois. During the American Rev- 

 olution, Washington found it necessary to 

 send an army under Gen. Sullivan to pun- 

 ish the Iroquois tribes for their cruel and 

 bloody work in pursuance of their alliance 

 with Great Britain. The chastisement 

 was so thoroughly administered by the 

 total destruction of more than 40 Iroquois 

 villages and the growing crops surround- 

 ing them, that the integrity of the League 

 was disrupted and the scattered remnants 

 forced to seek shelter in Canada and else- 



