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36 miles from the Onyades. They plant aboundance of Corne, which they sell to the Onyades. TheOnondagos are said to be about 350 fighting men. They ly about 15 miles from Tshiroqui.
Of the Caiougos and Senecques, their Situacdn and Strength , fyc.
The Caiougos have three townes about a mile distant from each other; they are not stockadoed.They do in all consist of about 100 houses; they ly about 60 miles to the southward of y e Onon-dagos; they intend the next spring to build all their houses together and stockade them; they haveabundance of Corne; they ly within two or three miles of the lake Tichero. They pass for about300 fighting men.
The Senecques have four townes, vict. Canagora, Tiotohatton, Canoenada and Keint-he. Canagoraand Tiotohatton lye within 30 miles of y e Lake ffrontenacque, and y e other two ly about four or fivemiles apiece to y e Southward of those. They have abundance of Corne. None of their towns arestockadoed.
Canagorah lyes on the top of a great hill, and in that, as well as in the bignesse, much like Onon-dago, contayning 150 houses, northwestward of Caiougo, 72 miles. Here y e Indyans were verydesirous to see us ride our horses, w ch wee did: they made great feasts and dancing, and invited usy‘ when all y® maides were together, both wee and our Indyans might choose such us lyked us toly with.
Tiotohattan lyes on the brincke or edge of a hill; has not much cleared ground; is near the riverTiotehatton, w ch signifies bending. It lyes to Westward of Canagorah about 30 miles, containingabout 120 houses, being y e largest of all the houses wee saw, y e ordinary being 50 @ 60 foot longwith 12 @ 13 fires in one house. They have good store of corne, growing about a mile to the North-ward of the towne.
Being at this place the 17 of June, there came 50 prisoners from the Southwestward. They wereof two nations, some whereof have few guns; the other none at all. One nation is about 10 daysjourney from any Christians and trade only with one greatt house, nott far from the sea, and theother trade only, as they say, with a black people. This day of them was burnt two women, and amap and a child killed with a stone. Att night we heard a great noyse as if ye houses had all fallen,butt itt was onely y e Inhabitants driving away y® ghosts of y® murthered.
The 18 th going to Canagorah, wee overtook y e prisoners; when the soudiers saw us they stoppedeach his prisoner, and made him sing, and cutt off their fingers, and slasht their bodies w th a knife,and when they had sung each man confessed how many men in his time hee had killed. Thatt dayatt Canagorah, there were most cruelly burnt four men, four women and one boy. The crueltylasted aboutt seven hours. When they were almost dead letting them loose to the mercy of y® boys,and taking the hearts of such as were dead to feast on.
Canoenada lyes about four miles to y® Southward of Canagorah; conteynes about 30 houses, wellfurnished with Corne.
Keint-he lyes aboutt four or five miles to y® Southward of Tietehatton; contayns about 24 houseswell furnished with corne.
The Senecques are counted to bee in all about 1000 fighting men.