Caughnawaga

Caughnawaga

Caughnawaga or Kahnawake can refer to:
*Kahnawake 14, Quebec Mohawk reserve
*present Auriesville, New York
*Caughnawaga, New York, established in 1788 and named after a local Mohawk community, was a large town, constituting much of Montgomery County north of the Mohawk River until its subdivision eliminated it. The division of Caughnawaga also created the Fulton County Towns of Broadalbin, Johnstown, and Mayfield.
*Caughnawaga was the principal village of the Mohawk nation now the site of the village of Fonda, New York.


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  • Caughnawaga — • Also known as Sault St. Louis. An Iroquois reservation, situated on the south bank of the St. Lawrence, about ten miles above Montreal Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Caughnawaga     Caughnawaga …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • Caughnawaga — Kahnawake (Mohawk: Kahnawá:ke, englisch früher Caughnawaga) ist ein Mohawk Indianerreservat in Québec, Kanada. Es liegt am Südufer des Sankt Lorenz Stroms gegenüber von Montreal. Mit 7.330 Einwohnern ist Kahnawake das größte Reservat Québecs [1] …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • caughnawaga — ˌkägnəˈwägə noun ( s) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Mohawk Gahnawa ge, literally, at the rapids : a native or inhabitant of Caughnawaga, a settlement founded by the French near Montreal, Canada, for Mohawk converts to Christianity …   Useful english dictionary

  • caughnawaga — caugh·na·wa·ga …   English syllables

  • Caughnawaga Indians —    A community of Iroquois, chiefly drawn from the Oneida and Mohawk, and speaking a modification of the Mohawk tongue. Having been converted by the Jesuit missionaries, they were induced to settle in 1668 at La Prairie, near Montreal. In 1676… …   The makers of Canada

  • Thomas Grassmann — Rev. Thomas Grassmann, OFM Conv, (December 18, 1890 October 1, 1970) was a Conventual Franciscan friar and historian and archaeologist of Colonial New York, who discovered the site of the Mohawk American Village of Caughnawaga near Fonda, New… …   Wikipedia

  • Pierre de Lauzon — (known as Gannenrontié among the Iroquois) (bapt. September 13, 1687, Leignes sur Fontaine, Vienne, France mdash;September 5, 1742, Quebec) was a noted eighteenth century Jesuit missionary in New France. Though sometimes mentioned as Jean, in his …   Wikipedia

  • Kahnawake — Kahnawake, vers 1910 Administration Pays  Canada …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kanawake — Kahnawake Kahnawake Ajouter une image Administration Pays  Canada …   Wikipédia en Français

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