ch appear to have
been arranged with more than ordinary care. It was the custom on the
death of distinguished personages to paint on their monumental posts a
record of important events relating to the history of the deceased
person. The fact that these tombs were different in construction and
style of ornamentation from others, suggests the idea that they were a
remnant of some subjugated tribe, differing in mode of burial from the
Iroquois. A noted Seneca warrior named Kendaia was conspicuous at the
siege of Ft. Niagara in 1759.

[82] LIEUT. HARDENBERGH mentions the fact of being "drafted on the
right flank, which was commanded by Col. Dubois." He was probably one
of the one hundred men drafted from the line, as part of the right
flanking division, and consequently would be on the extreme right of
the army while _en route_. The centre line of the army was the regular
Indian trail, which was opened to a sufficient width for the passage
of the artillery. Along Seneca Lake, the present lake road follows
substantially on the line of the trail.

At this point, Beatty says "we encamped close along the edge of the
lake, and opposite to us on the west side of the lake, we could
perceive a small Indian town." See note 84, Gothseungquean.

[83] This child was tenderly cared for, adopted by Capt. Machin, an
officer in the artillery, and christened Thomas Machin. After the
return of the army it was placed in a family near Kingston, N.Y.,
where it died some two years after of small pox. No clue was ever
obtained as to its parentage.

[84] KANADASEAGA, the _grand village_, so called from being the
residence of the chief sachem of the Senecas, located one and a half
miles north-west of present village of Geneva on both sides of
Kanadaseaga Creek. This was the capital of the Seneca nation and
contained about sixty well built houses. A stockade fort was built
here in 1756 by Sir William Johnson, the remains of which were in
existence in 1779 Rev. Samuel Kirkland was a missionary here in
1764-6. Was destroyed Sept. 9.

BUTLER'S BUILDINGS.--A small village called Butler's Buildings was
found on the shore of the lake, near present canal bridge, in the
village of Geneva.

GOTHSEUNGQUEAN, also called _Shenanwaga_ and many other dialectical
variations, an important town, was also destroyed Sept. 8, by a
detachment of riflemen under Major Parr. The name is perpetuated in
Kershong creek, on which it was situated, on Seneca lake, seven