HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK IROgUOlS 179 



It was in December 1O34 that Areiit \ an Cnrlcr made a trip 

 from Fort Orange to Oneida, passing through all the Mohawk 

 towns, then on the south side of the river. There were four 

 castles and some villages, the first of which he reached on the 

 morning of the third day. These were Onekagoncka, Canowa- 

 rode, Senatsycrosy, Netdashet, Canagere, Sohanidisse, Osguage, 

 Cawaoge, and Tenotoge. His itinerary is of interest, and it is 

 the earliest we have of that part of New York. He left the 

 Mohawk at the last castle, taking the usual direct trail over the 

 hills to Oneida, then on the upper waters of Oneida creek. It 

 will be remembered that most trails are not very old, changing 

 as the towns changed place. At Oneida he considered himself 

 in the Seneca country, but met a deputation of Onondagas there, 

 being the first mention of these two nations by name. In an 

 Oneida speech or song which he recorded, the names of all the 

 upper Iroquois may be seen. He returned the same way in 

 January 1635. 



In the Relation of 1635 ^^e sedentary nations are named, and 

 it is added, " The Hurons are the friends of all these peoples, 

 except the Sonontoerrhonons, Onontaerrhonons, Oiiioenrhonons, 

 Onoiochrhonons, and Agnierrhonons, all of whom we compre- 

 hend under the name of Iroquois." The third of these were the 

 Cayugas, whose early name is elsewhere properly Oniouenh- 

 ronons. In a list of 1639 the Konkhandeenhronon erroneously 

 come between the Onondagas and Cayugas. This list of sed- 

 entary nations is larger than the first and some are of another 

 family. 



In 1635 the Hurons kept some Iroquois prisoners to treat for 

 peace, but there came a report that the Little Nation of the Algon- 

 quins had been defeated by the Iroquois, who took some pris- 

 oners. This destroyed plans for peace. The next year the 

 Little Nation burned some Iroquois prisoners, and asked the 

 Hurons to join them in the war. An Algonquin war party also 

 returned to Tadoussac, Aug. 10, with 28 prisoners and scalps, 

 including men, women and children, and efiforts for peace were 

 fruitless. 



