. The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history. l crowd at the station, because thereare not enough people in the hamlet to make a crowd. Theobject of our journey being to visit the former home of theIndian warrior, Joseph Brant, and a church built by Sir Wil-liam Johnson in 1763, we turned our steps toward the only spirethat was visible. It being near our usual dinner hour, we ac-costed a lady, as we crossed the bridge that spans the Con-o-wa-da-ga, or Castle, Creek, and asked if there was a hotel orstore in the place where we could procure some food. Shekindly informed us that there were
. The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history. l crowd at the station, because thereare not enough people in the hamlet to make a crowd. Theobject of our journey being to visit the former home of theIndian warrior, Joseph Brant, and a church built by Sir Wil-liam Johnson in 1763, we turned our steps toward the only spirethat was visible. It being near our usual dinner hour, we ac-costed a lady, as we crossed the bridge that spans the Con-o-wa-da-ga, or Castle, Creek, and asked if there was a hotel orstore in the place where we could procure some food. Shekindly informed us that there were none, but volunteered theinformation that there was a canal grocery about three-quar-ters of a mile away that had a license (?). Further inquiryelicited the information that we could procure the key to thechurch of Mr. Willis Green, who lives in a large white farm-house, with extensive conservatories adjoining, situated nearthe church edifice. This locality is interesting because it wasthe last home of the Canajorhees, and the upper castle of the. ???A Cl i in s*« r^ ??* ^ * 1 ?y •z. K ? ..? ^^ ^?k ?/ k^ ? n ! V Canajoharie—The Hills of Florida 385 Mohawks during Sir William Johnsons residence in thevalley. I feel somewhat timid in writing about the CanajorhaCastle after S. L. Frey of Palatine has given it his considera-tion for so many years, and has written so much about it. ButI purpose writing from my standpoint of investigation, trust-ing that if I am wrong he will correct me. As Indian Castleis situated in Herkimer County, I also feel as though I wasencroaching upon territory belonging to historians of the ad-joining county, and may differ somewhat from their conclusions. In Miss Walworths TekakzvitJia is a map of ancient Indianvillages, drawn by General John S. Clark, of Auburn, whowas accompanied by Mr. S. L. Frey when sites of the villageswere located. Although all other villages are represented ashaving changed their location frequently between 1642 and1700, the
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