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Stake to tie the prisoners. They place hisleg between these two posts in the hollow ofthe larger—that is the two posts catch the legabove the ankle, and they afterwards join oneto the other and tie them at a man’s height—sometimes higher, so that it is impossible towithdraw the foot without untying the cords.
OBSERVATIONS OF WENTWORTH GREENHALGH,
IN A JOURNEY FROM ALBANY TO Y® INDIANS, WESTWARD ; BEGUN MAY 20 th 1677, AND ENDED JULV
Y® 14, FOLLOWING.
[ Lonil. Doc. III. ]
The Maquaes have four townes, vict. Cahaniaga, Canagora, Canajorha, Tionondogue, besides onesmall village about 110 miles from Albany .
Cahaniaga is double stockadoed round; has four forts, [ports 1] about four foot wide a piece, con-teyns about 24 houses, and is situate upon the edge of an hill, about a bow shott from the river side.
Canagora is only single stockadoed; has four ports like the former, conteyns about 16 houses; ittis situated upon a fflatt, a stone’s throw from y® waters side.
Canajorha is also singly stockadoed; and the like man r of ports and quantity of houses as Canagora;the like situacon; only about two miles distant from the water.
Tionondogue is double stockadoed around, has four ports, four foot wide a piece, contains a bt 30houses; is scituated on a hill a bow shott from y® River .
The small village is without ifence, and conteyns about ten houses; lyes dose by the river side, onthe north side, as do all the former.
The Maquaes pass in all for about 300 fighting men.
Their corn grows close by the River side.
Of the Situacdn of the Oneydas and Onondagoes and their Strength.
The Onyades have but one town, which lys about 130 miles westward of the Maques. Itt issituate about twenty miles from a small river which comes out of the hills to the southward, andruns into lake Teshiroque, and about 30 miles distant from the Maquaes river, which lyes to thenorthward; the town is newly settled, double stockadoed, but little cleared ground, so tliatt theyare forced to send to the Onondagoes to buy corne; The towne consists of about 100 houses. Theyare said to have about 200 fighting men, Their Corne grows round about the towne.
The Onondagoes have butt one towne, butt itt is very large; consisting of about 140 houses, nottfenced; is situate upon a hill thatt is very large, the banke on each side extending itself att leasttwo miles, all cleared land, whereon the corne is planted. They have likewise a small village abouttwo miles beyond thatt, consisting of about 24 houses. They ly to the southward of y® west, about