﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  179 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  in 
  December 
  1634 
  that 
  Arent 
  Van 
  Curler 
  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 
  the 
  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 
  efforts 
  for 
  peace 
  were 
  

   fruitless. 
  

  

  