Canajoharie
Canajoharie | |
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  Canajoharie Location in New York | |
| Coordinates: 42°54′17″N 74°38′28″W / 42.90472°N 74.64111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
Canajoharie (Mohawk nation in 1738. The community stretched for a mile and a half along the southern bank of the Mohawk River, from a village known as Dekanohage westward to what is now Fort Plain, New York.[1]
The
archeological resources related to Iroquois history. For a time the town was the home of the notable Mohawk leaders Hendrick Theyanoguin (1692–1755) and the Brants. According to Joseph Brant, Canajoharie means "a kettle stuck on a pole."[2] A modern etymology translates it as "a washed kettle" or "the pot that washes itself".[1]
It refers to swirling actions of water in a large circular pothole in the Canajoharie Creek near where it empties into the Mohawk River.
The modern village of Canajoharie, New York was settled by European Americans a few miles to the east of the historic Mohawk village.[3]
In popular culture
Referenced by They Might Be Giants in their album Join Us.
Referenced in book, "Tell the Bees That I Am Gone" Chapters 83 and 85 by Diana Gabaldon, 2022.
See also
References
- ^ a b Dean R. Snow and David B. Guldenzopf, "Indian Castle Church" Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed August 23, 2009.
- ^ Isabel Thompson Kelsay, Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds (Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1984), 46.
- ^ Dean R. Snow "Searching for Hendrick: Correction of a Historic Conflation" Archived 2008-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. New York History, History Cooperative, Summer 2007. Accessed August 23, 2009.
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