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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Divided. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  interpretations, 
  all 
  referring 
  to 
  a 
  

   division, 
  mostly 
  of 
  words. 
  Albert 
  Cusick 
  thought 
  the 
  best 
  ren- 
  

   dering, 
  A 
  Heart 
  divided 
  into 
  Two 
  Hearts, 
  equivalent 
  to 
  our 
  

   E 
  pluribus 
  unum, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  referring 
  to 
  their 
  peculiar 
  union. 
  

   The 
  national 
  boundary 
  east 
  was 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  east 
  of 
  Scho- 
  

   harie 
  creek 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls. 
  

   Northward 
  they 
  claimed 
  to 
  the 
  rock 
  Rogeo 
  on 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  

   Thence 
  to 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  they 
  asserted 
  a 
  joint 
  ownership 
  with 
  

   their 
  near 
  relatives, 
  the 
  Oneidas. 
  Their 
  villages 
  continually 
  

   varied 
  in 
  number, 
  changing 
  from 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  The 
  Oneidas 
  were 
  closely 
  akin 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  and 
  their 
  

   language 
  is 
  much 
  the 
  same. 
  Both 
  used 
  the 
  letter 
  L 
  freely, 
  that 
  

   being 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  nations, 
  and 
  their 
  use 
  as 
  

   interpreters, 
  with 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  has 
  left 
  a 
  distinct 
  impress 
  on 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  terminology 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Their 
  early 
  seat 
  was 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  in 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  valley, 
  with 
  forts 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  

   Ogdensburg. 
  They 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  shared 
  in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  exodus, 
  

   and 
  to 
  have 
  sought 
  secluded 
  and 
  strong 
  situations, 
  as 
  both 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks 
  and 
  Onondagas 
  did. 
  All 
  three 
  were 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  more 
  

   exposed 
  to 
  hostile 
  incursions 
  than 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  and 
  Senecas, 
  for 
  

   the 
  Neutral 
  nation 
  lay 
  between 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  the 
  LIurons, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Algonquins 
  were 
  far 
  away. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  the 
  early 
  Oneidas 
  

   never 
  dwelt 
  in 
  the 
  lowlands 
  about 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  and 
  farther 
  east, 
  

   and 
  no 
  traces 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  found 
  there. 
  They 
  sought 
  the 
  hills. 
  

  

  One 
  early 
  village 
  east 
  of 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  and 
  Cazenovia 
  lake 
  

   seems 
  theirs, 
  but 
  the 
  earliest 
  identified 
  with 
  their 
  name 
  was 
  a 
  

   mile 
  southeast 
  of 
  Perryville, 
  at 
  a 
  remarkable 
  stone 
  now 
  destroyed, 
  

   but 
  long 
  venerated 
  by 
  the 
  Indians. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  dark 
  crystalline 
  

   rock, 
  quite 
  erect 
  and 
  reaching 
  about 
  7 
  feet 
  above 
  ground. 
  Their 
  

   name 
  refers 
  to 
  this, 
  being 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  Stone, 
  or 
  more 
  exactly 
  

   the 
  Upright 
  Stone. 
  In 
  1615 
  they 
  were 
  at 
  Nichols' 
  pond 
  in 
  Fenner, 
  

   a 
  few 
  miles 
  away. 
  That 
  village 
  also 
  included 
  a 
  large 
  boulder, 
  

   and 
  similar 
  representative 
  stones 
  were 
  selected 
  as 
  their 
  villages 
  

   moved 
  northward. 
  The 
  Rev. 
  Samuel 
  Kirkland, 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   authority, 
  mentioned 
  one 
  in 
  Westmoreland. 
  The 
  Oneida 
  stone 
  

   of 
  1796 
  was 
  a 
  somewhat 
  cylindric 
  boulder, 
  weighing 
  over 
  100 
  

  

  