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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  branch. 
  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, 
  board 
  on 
  the 
  water, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Canisteo 
  river. 
  

  

  Te-car'-nase-te-o-ah, 
  board 
  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 
  w 
  T 
  ere 
  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 
  

   which 
  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 
  GachtochwawunW 
  old 
  towns. 
  

  

  