| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021559 |
| Organization name | Cayuga indians |
| Other names | Gueugwehono;Kayohkhó·nỏ;Kayokwehó·nỏ;Cayuga Nation |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | Members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, based along Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region between allies Onondaga to the East and Seneca to the West. Due to the richness of game in their territory, the Cayuga relied somewhat more on hunting than their allies. As with the rest of the Iroquois, most Cayuga were eventually drawn into the Revolutionary War on the British side, and in 1779 were raided by colonial forces. In the aftermath, most Cayuga either immigrated to Canada or cohabited with the Seneca, their Finger Lake homeland having been sold in a series of illegal transactions with the New York state government between 1795 and 1841. |
| See also | Six Nations |
| Citations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayuga_people |
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Sketch of the Customs, Religion and Government of the Seneca Indians, in 1800
Journal of a Visit to the Seneca Indians, 1796, by James Cooper of Woodbury, N.J.
Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793
John Peirce Notes, on a visit to Several Tribes of Indians, 1796
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Some Account of our Journey to Cannandaigue
A series of letters written on a Journey to the Oneida, Onondago, and Cayuga Tribes of the Five Nations, by Joseph Sansom