. The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history. r atFort Orange, and being near the scene of the murder, tookpains to learn the facts. This v/ould indicate that Osseuru-non in 1646 was not far from Fort Orange. It is generally conceded that the words Gandawaga, Caha-niaga, and Kanyea-geh are the same, and that their definitionis not At the rapids, but The people of the flint. Why of the flint ? • ??; I am aware that the above theory does not conform to pre-conceived ideas of Indian sites that have always, more or less,been mere conjecture, built around some vague statementsthat in some case
. The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history. r atFort Orange, and being near the scene of the murder, tookpains to learn the facts. This v/ould indicate that Osseuru-non in 1646 was not far from Fort Orange. It is generally conceded that the words Gandawaga, Caha-niaga, and Kanyea-geh are the same, and that their definitionis not At the rapids, but The people of the flint. Why of the flint ? • ??; I am aware that the above theory does not conform to pre-conceived ideas of Indian sites that have always, more or less,been mere conjecture, built around some vague statementsthat in some cases admit of different interpretation; but it isthe theory of a student in Indian history, after a careful re-search of available material, and without being hampered bythe haze of preconceived theories. The Indian history of the Mohawk Valley is very interest-ing; but the section between Fort Hunter and Hoffmans hasreceived scant consideration from local historians, whose atten-tion has been directed to their immediate locality, and theories. z< r-T-^ r ow zo O n->! Journal of Arent Van Curler n built up from the later occupation of the valley, which did notextend below Fort Hunter to any great extent. It will be noticed that Van Curler gives two names to thesecond Castle, located one Dutch mile east of a large stream, where the flakes of ice drifted fast (Schoharie Creek).Wetdashet and Canagere, going to confirm the fact that thenames of the castles were frequently changed. In locating castle sites, one thing should be taken intoconsideration, and that is that the Mohawks were, in a meas-ure, an agricultural people, as they raised corn, beans, pump-kins, and tobacco in such quantities that they stored it forwinter use. The fertile flats of the Mohawk are not evenlydistributed along the river. The bottom lands are quite wide,all the way from Schenectady, on both sides of the river, par-ticularly so on the south side. At Adriuche, or Cranesville,are fertile flats and larg
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