THE CQUNCILIELM 



Submitted by Margaret S. Tennent, Caledonia 



WHEN an Indian village flourished on the site of Cale- 

 donia this tree was said to have been the meeting 

 place of the Iroquois. Many prisoners of war were executed 

 near this tree. This was on the main trail between Albany 

 and Niagara Falls. The Indian peace prophet and apostle 

 of temperance Gan-e-o-di-ya was born in the nearby village 

 and often sat at the councils under this tree. A boulder 

 commemorating the spot has been erected by the chapter of 

 G. A. R. and the Improved Order of Red Men. A descendant 

 of the famous peace prophet, Mr. Arthur Parker of Albany, 

 took part in the exercises and a poem was written on the old 

 council tree. Won $2. 



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