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A main village of the Seneca Indians was at Kanadasaga, now Geneva, while Cayugas occupied the region to the east. In retaliation for raids by Iroquois Indians on the New York frontier during the American Revolution, the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition of 1779 devastated these Indian villages. Veterans of the campaign returned to the area, and the eastern portion was included in the Military Tract, land set aside as a bounty for former soldiers. The western Finger Lakes area was part of the Phelps-Gorham Purchase. Settlement started in 1787 and increased rapidly after 1790.
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During the French rule, the local Seneca Indians were employed along the portage carrying supplies and cargo. They had the most difficult job of carrying these supplies up and down the escarpment; an area known to the Indians as "Crawl on all Fours".
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The Seneca Indians often traveled through southern Huron County on their way to eastern hunting grounds. During these hunting trips the Senecas would often trade baskets, trinkets and game with the white settlers. In exchange the Indians would receive bread, meal and flour. In some instances friendships sprang up between Indians and white settlers. Seneca John was ... a participant on these hunting trips and was known by the white settlers of Huron County. The following vignettes describe his relationship with some of the settlers.
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Seneca Indians often camped along the lower Genesee River where Rochester eventually developed. During the 17th century, French soldiers and missionaries visited the area. In 1803, Nathaniel Rochester, William Fitzhugh and Charles Carroll of Maryland purchased the 100-acre tract at the upper falls. Permanent settlement began there in 1812.
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The Seneca Indians believed that, in the beginning, another world existed beyond the sky. In this world lived a great chief and his people, the celestial beings. This chief had a wife who was very aged in body, having survived many seasons. This world floated like a great cloud and journeyed where the great chief wished it to go.
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According to the Seneca Caverns Web site, Seneca Indians used them for shelter and special rituals in 1400. Laven Teter, who explored the interior in 1742, is one of the first known Europeans to see the caverns. Commercial tours began in 1928.
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