T, a Scotch, tory settlement on the east side the Unadilla,
about five miles above Unadilla. Burned August 12, 1779, by Gen.
Clinton. See note 129.
9. SHAWHIANGTO, a small Tuscarora town, four miles below Onoquago, of
ten or twelve houses, located on the west side of the Susquehanna,
near present Windsor, in Broome County. Burned August 17, 1779, by
Gen. Clinton. See note 134.
10. INGAREN, a Tuscarora town of five or six houses, sometimes called
Tuscarora, at Great Bend, Susquehanna county, Penn. Destroyed Aug. 17,
1779, by Gen. Clinton. See note 135.
11. OTSININGO or _Chenango_, an important Indian town abandoned and
destroyed by the Indians in the winter of 1778-9, located four miles
north of Binghamton in Broome County. See note 136.
12. CHOCONUT, or _Chugnutt_, an important Indian town of fifty or
sixty houses mostly on the south side of the Susquehanna river, at the
mouth of Big Choconut creek, in Broome County. Destroyed by Gen. Poor
Aug. 19, 1779. See note 137.
13. OWAGEA, an Indian town of about twenty houses, on Owego creek,
about a mile from the Susquehanna river, in the north part of present
Owego,--was a small hamlet, also near the river. Destroyed August 19,
1779. See note 138.
14. MANCKATAWANGUM, or _Red Bank_,--an Indian town on the south side
of the Susquehanna river, nearly opposite the present village of
Barton, in Tioga county,--near Fitzgerald's Farm, according to Beatty.
See note 139.
General Sullivan under date of Aug. 30th, says: "The number of Indian
towns destroyed since the commencement of the expedition, including
those burnt by General Clinton previous to the junction, is, I think,
fourteen, some of them considerable, others inconsiderable."
15. MIDDLETOWN, an Indian hamlet of eight houses, located on the north
bank of Chemung river, between Newtown and present Elmira. Destroyed
Aug. 31, 1779. See note 77.
16. KANAWLOHALLA or _Canaweola_, on the site of present Elmira in
Chemung county. George Grant says it contained twenty houses. This was
the site of Fort Reid. Destroyed while the army was on the march,
August 31, 1779. See note 77.
17. BIG FLATS, on the north bank of Chemung river, eight miles above
present Elmira. An early French map calls a village at this point
Runonvea, Destroyed by a detachment under Col. Dayton Aug. 31, 1779.
See note 77.
18. SHEOQUAGA or _Catharine's Town_, an Indian village of thirty
houses, located on the site of present Havana in Schuyle
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