was then held by the great town of Chenandoanes, on the
west side of the river. At the time of Sullivan's campaign it had
ceased to exist or had dwindled into an insignificance unworthy of
mention.

This was the town that Boyd was sent to reconnoitre, and which Major
Norris says the General expected to find on the east side of the river
and two miles north of Gathtsegwarohare. This is the town also, that
writers confound with the great town west of the river, and which so
perplexed General Sullivan in his examination of the maps.

[95] GENESEE CASTLE.--This was the great village of the Senecas, the
western door of the Long House, located between Cuylerville and the
west bank of the Genesee river, in the town of Leicester, Livingston
County. It appears on Evans' map as Chenandoanes in 1776, is mentioned
as early as 1754 as Chenandanah, and is often called Little Beard's
town. Sullivan's official report says: "The Castle consisted of 128
houses mostly large and elegant. The place was beautifully situated,
almost encircled with a cleared flat, which extended for a number of
miles, where the most extensive fields of corn were waving, and every
kind of vegetable that can be conceived."

[96] This soldier was named Parker, who with Lieut. Boyd were made
prisoners. They were carried to Little Beard's Town, where Boyd after
being tortured in a most cruel manner was beheaded. Parker was
beheaded without being tortured. The remains of Boyd and Parker were
removed to Mount Hope Cemetery in August, 1842.

[97] Several writers claim that Canawaugas, on the west side, and
Ohadi and Big Tree on the east side of Genesee river were destroyed in
this campaign. No reliable authority has been furnished in support of
the theory. Sullivan says distinctly that he went no farther than the
great town, beyond which, as he was informed, there was no settlement,
and no villages are mentioned in any account as existing on the east
side of the river, nor is mention made of any portion of the army
being on that side,--on the contrary, several mention the fact, that
_all the army_ were engaged in the destruction of the town, and
cornfields, which, when completed at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the
15th, _the whole army_ came to an about face, and returned on the same
route and in same order in which they advanced. Butler left Canawaugas
on the morning of the 15th for Niagara.

[98] Nathan Davis in his account, before referred to, mentions the
i