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noted it in 1684, thirty- two years after the Neutrals were de- 

 stroyed and twenty-eight years after the Eries were destroyed. 

 He must have received this name through the Senecas, for it is 

 a Seneca word. He does not state that the nation had been de- 

 stroyed, but neither does he say that the Neuters were destroyed. 

 His mention of the Neutrals makes it seem entirely probably 

 that he, at any rate, did not consider them to be Neutrals. 



Coronelli's maps are interesting. He marks "Kakouagoga" 

 "destruite". He places the legend well to southeast of the foot 

 of Lake Erie, and adds the interesting information, "Nation du 

 Loup". That this applies to "Kakouagaga" seems possible, for 

 he has made for the "Nation du Loup" no conventional village 

 sign, such as he makes for other nations. Under the name 

 "Atiragenrega", he locates the Neuters in the Niagara Peninsula, 

 but does not locate the Eries ; so, evidently, he does not mean 

 the Neuters by "Kakouagoga". The "Nation du Loup" is of in- 

 terest; The "Loups" or "Wolves" were the Munsees, a branch 

 of the Delawares, a nation subject to the Iroquois. It may be 

 only a coincidence that a village of captive Delawares existed 

 on Cattaraugus Creek, as late at least as 1804, (1). 



In his later map of 1689, Coronelli does not mention "Na- 

 tion du Loup", but retains "Kakouagoga 1 '. In one map of 

 1689 he places below the legend "Kakouagoga" the words "des 

 Iroquois. 



The name for Lake Erie, "Terocharontiong" is taken from 

 a map by an unknown hand made in 1673. 



The maps really establish a few facts, namely, that on the 

 second large stream south of the foot of Lake Erie was a nation 

 or village "Kakouagoga" which had been destroyed, and which 

 was not Neutral. The stream was probably Cattaraugus Creek. 

 The name was in all probability applied by the Senecas to the 

 Erie village or villages on Cattaraugus Creek, (2). Eighteen 

 Mile Creek was probably the eastern frontier of these Eries, and 

 the Seneca name can easily be attributed to the fact that any 

 travelling Seneca party, headed west, leaving the main trail at 

 Buffalo Creek, and following the natural thoroughfare along 

 the shore of Lake Erie would enter Erie territory at that creek. 



1. Ellicott's Map, Part of Buf. Creek Res. 



2. Sites Nos. 1 & 2 in Brant. 



