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Onondaga

noun

A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River.

The Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga.

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"Onondaga" Quotes from Famous Books

... the central route from New York to Niagara. The lake country of western New York. The Onondaga Valley; characteristics of its people; their agitation in the autumn of 1869. Discovery of the "petrified giant." My visit to it; my skepticism; its causes. Evolution of myth and legend. General joy in believing in the marvelous origin of the statue. Gradual growth of a skeptical view. Confirmation ...

— Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II • Andrew Dickson White

... stranger, "is Peters—Jonathan Peters, of Craneville, Onondaga County. I am a farmer, and don't know much about New York. I've got a few hundred dollars that I want to put into ...

— Making His Way - Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... Fulton, Oswego Co., disgusted with the inefficient action of the temperance men, entered complaint against the liquor dealers, for the violation of the license laws, and some of them attended the trials in person. In 1851, the ladies of Cardiff, Onondaga Co., appeared before the Grand Jury, and made complaint against the liquor dealers and overseers of the poor, the one for violating the law, the other for neglecting to prosecute the violators on their ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage

Words linked to "Onondaga" : Iroquoian language, Iroquoian, Iroquois, Hiawatha