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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Sep. 
  21 
  Lieut. 
  Col. 
  Henry 
  Dearborn 
  marched 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  

   of 
  Cayuga 
  lake, 
  destroying 
  a 
  hamlet 
  of 
  three 
  houses, 
  but 
  leaving 
  

   another 
  of 
  15 
  houses, 
  which 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way. 
  One 
  of 
  10 
  

   houses 
  was 
  burned 
  near 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  Skannayutenate 
  and 
  another 
  

   hamlet 
  near 
  the 
  present 
  Canoga. 
  A 
  new 
  town 
  of 
  nine 
  houses 
  

   was 
  burned 
  farther 
  south. 
  Sep. 
  22 
  they 
  came 
  to 
  Swahyawanah, 
  

   a 
  village 
  burned 
  before, 
  and 
  destroyed 
  three 
  remaining 
  houses. 
  

   Scattered 
  houses 
  were 
  burned 
  and 
  crops 
  destroyed 
  from 
  day 
  to 
  

   day. 
  Sep. 
  24 
  a 
  dozen 
  houses 
  were 
  burned 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  

   lake, 
  and 
  25 
  houses 
  were 
  destroyed 
  at 
  Coreorgonel 
  or 
  Dehoris- 
  

   kanadia, 
  3 
  miles 
  south. 
  Sep. 
  26 
  Dearborn 
  joined 
  the 
  army 
  at 
  

   Kannawaloholla. 
  

  

  Sep. 
  20 
  Lieut. 
  Col. 
  William 
  Butler 
  set 
  out 
  with 
  500 
  men, 
  com- 
  

   pleting 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  Skoiyase 
  next 
  day. 
  Near 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  

   Cayuga 
  lake 
  he 
  burned 
  Choharo 
  or 
  Thiohero, 
  reaching 
  the 
  vil- 
  

   lage 
  of 
  Gewauga 
  at 
  night, 
  near 
  Union 
  Springs. 
  Sep. 
  22 
  Cayuga 
  

   Castle 
  was 
  destroyed, 
  with 
  15 
  houses 
  of 
  squared 
  logs, 
  Upper 
  

   Cayuga, 
  with 
  14 
  large 
  houses, 
  and 
  East 
  Cayuga, 
  with 
  13 
  houses, 
  

   the 
  destruction 
  of 
  houses 
  and 
  crops 
  lasting 
  till 
  the 
  next 
  afternoon. 
  

   Sep. 
  23, 
  Chonodote, 
  or 
  Peach 
  Town, 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Aurora, 
  was 
  

   reached 
  at 
  night, 
  and 
  its 
  14 
  large 
  houses, 
  crops 
  and 
  peachtrees 
  

   were 
  destroyed 
  next 
  day. 
  Sep. 
  28 
  the 
  army 
  was 
  joined. 
  It 
  should 
  

   be 
  remembered 
  that 
  Iroquois 
  houses 
  held 
  several 
  families. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  body 
  had 
  returned 
  to 
  Kannawaloholla, 
  now 
  Elmira, 
  

   killing 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  horses 
  on 
  the 
  way, 
  whence 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  Horseheads. 
  Resting 
  at 
  Fort 
  Reed 
  awhile, 
  successful 
  parties 
  

   were 
  sent 
  up 
  the 
  Chemung 
  and 
  Tioga. 
  Sep. 
  30 
  the 
  army 
  reached 
  

   Fort 
  Sullivan 
  at 
  Tioga, 
  having 
  burned 
  40 
  villages 
  and 
  destroyed 
  

   200,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  corn, 
  besides 
  fruit 
  trees. 
  While 
  there, 
  Oct. 
  2, 
  

   an 
  entertainment 
  was 
  concluded 
  with 
  an 
  Indian 
  dance. 
  Next 
  

   day, 
  said 
  Lieut. 
  Col. 
  Adam 
  Hubley, 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  Sachem, 
  with 
  several 
  Oneida 
  Indians, 
  relatives 
  and 
  

   friends 
  of 
  the 
  unfortunate 
  Indian 
  Hanjost, 
  who 
  bravely 
  fell 
  with 
  

   the 
  party 
  under 
  command 
  of 
  the 
  much 
  lamented 
  Lieut. 
  Boyd 
  on 
  

   the 
  13th 
  ult., 
  who 
  faithfully 
  acted 
  as 
  guide 
  to 
  the 
  army, 
  left 
  us 
  

   this 
  day, 
  well 
  pleased, 
  (after 
  bestowing 
  some 
  presents 
  on 
  them,) 
  

   for 
  their 
  native 
  place, 
  the 
  Oneida 
  country. 
  

  

  