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THE SENECA NATION 



dougare' ' (Gandougarae) was made up of captives of three nations 

 whom the Senecas had overthrown, namely the Neuters, the 

 Hurons and the Onnontiogas, and this village eventually became 

 the mission of St. Michel. 



In 1669 the Seneca villages were described by de Brehant 

 de Galinee, one of the company of La Salle. (*l) He entered the 

 Seneca country from Irondequoit and went to the great village of 

 the Senecas. It was on the brow of a small hill in a large clear- 

 ing of about two leagues in circumference, and was made up of a 

 "lot of cabins surrounded with palisades of poles 12 or 13 feet 



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From Map in Jesuit Relation of 1662-1663. 



high, fastened together at the top and planted in the ground, 

 with great piles of wood the height of a man behind these pali- 

 sades, the curtains (cabins) being not otherwise flanked, merely 

 a simple enclosure, perfectly square." Evidently it was some 

 distance from a stream for he notes that Indian villages are usually 

 so situated. 



In describing the Seneca country he says that it was "com- 

 posed of 4 villages, 2 of which contain 150 cabins each and the 



*i Narrative of de Brehant de Galinee, trans, of J. H. Coyne. Oct. 

 Hist Soc. Pub , Vol. IV. 



