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TDranch. The inhabitants were mostly Delawares, and in 1767 we 

 have the name of Pasigachkunk, a deserted town, which, said Zeis- 

 berger, " was the last on the Tiaogee. . . . It is possible to 

 travel to this point on the waters of the Tiaogee." Thence they 

 struck across to the Allegany river. On their return Zeisberger 

 said : "At night we reached Passigachgungh, on the west branch 

 of the Tiaogee, and also the waters of the Susquehanna." On his 

 next journey westward he said : " We arrived at Passikatchkunk 

 and closed our journey by water for several days." It was called 

 Passekawkung in 1757, and Teedyuscung lived there then. It has 

 been placed at the mouth of Colonel Bill's creek, and may refer to 

 divided rocks, or more probably to a valley. 



Se-caugh-kung was another Delaware town of 1758, but lower 

 down. 



Te-auch-kung was also mentioned that year and may be the same. 



Te-car'-nase-te-o, hoard on the zvater, is Morgan's name for 

 Canisteo river. 



Te-car'-nase-te-o-ah, hoard sign. Painted Post. This slightly 

 differs from the last, but has been given another meaning and as- 

 signed to one spot on the Tioga river. The well known painted 

 post was at the confluence of the Conhocton and Tioga, marking 

 the grave of a great chief who died there. On it were many rude 

 devices, and it remained long after the white settlement. Such 

 memorials were frequent in forests and villages, and graves were 

 often marked in this way. In an early account of the Iroquois it 

 is said of the dead : " When it is a man they paint red calumets, 

 calumets of peace on the tomb ; sometimes they plant a stake on 

 M^hich they paint how often he has been in battle ; how many pris- 

 oners he has taken ; the post ordinarily is only 4 or 5 feet high, and 

 is much embellished." Living warriors often painted their own 

 deeds and this may not have marked a tomb, though this is the 

 tradition. The Indian name was well known in the colonial period 

 and may not refer to this post. 



Wo-a-pas-sis-qu, a Delaware town- near the confluence of the 

 Tioga and Canisteo in 1767, mentioned by Zeisberger, who called 

 this and Gachtochwawunk old towns. 



