Identifier: onondagascentenn02bruc (find matches)
Title: Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908
Subjects: Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Biography
Publisher: (Boston) : The Boston History Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ut 1807, and died nearOneida in 1839, aged ninety-one. Kawhicdota was his contemporary,and the father of Ohhenu (Captain Honnos). Contatauyou (Hand-some Lake) has been noticed, as has also Ossahinta (Captain Frost),whose portrait appears on page 182. Among the latters associateswere Ohkaayungk (Onondaga Peter), Kahayent (Captain Joseph), Og-hatakak (Captain Joseph, 2d), Dehatkatons (Abram La Forte), andUthawah (Captain Cold), the latter for many years keeper of the coun-cil fire of the Six Nations, at Tonawanda, where he died in the autumnof 1847, when this sacred symbol was restored to its ancient hearth atOnondaga, to the-keeping of Dehatkatons. Ossahinta belonged to the Turtle tribe, and at the time of his death,which occurred at Onondaga Castle on January 24, 1846, at the age ofeighty-six, was supposed to be the only person among the Iroquoiswho perfectly understood their policy of government, the forms of or-ganizing their councils, and the usages of their Pagan rites. The nation
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Photo, by Ryder in 1865,134 Captain George.Plate Loaned by the H. J. Ormsbee Engraving Company. 1066 ONONDAGAS CENTENNIAL. conferred upon him the honorary title of war captain. He wielded apowerful influence, was strictly temperate, and enjoyed universal re-spect and confidence. He was buried in the Indian cemetery at theCastle. The Onondagas have from time immemorial furnished the king (Tahtootahoo) of the Confederacy, who has usually resided on theirReservation. Ossahinta (Captain Frost) held this distinguished officefor many years, and was succeeded by Abram La Forte, who was fol-lowed by Captain George, who married the latters widow. Captain Samuel George was the last of an illustrious line ofchiefs, and held tenaciously to the faith of his fathers, which wasPaganism. He served with the Americans in the war of 1812, andon one .occasion, without rest or sleep, ran 150 miles tobring animportant message to the American army. He was emphaticallythe leader of his race, enjoying not onl

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