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I remembered attending the opening ceremony of the opening of the Seaway in Caughnawaga, Quebec.
On This Day - April 26, 1959 The Nag 2009
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As a result, several Christian Iroquois colonies were established, the earliest and most important being that now known as Caughnawaga, originally founded at Laprairie in 1669.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Caughnawaga, which is 180 miles on their way to Sir William's, and on hearing of the proposal Mr. Ripley had made, they waited five weeks at that place for his return, and on his coming complied with his offer of taking them into this school with cheerfulness.
The History of Dartmouth College Baxter Perry Smith 1856
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When Tekakwitha was eighteen, Father de Lamberville, a Jesuit missionary, came to Caughnawaga and established a chapel.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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Almost all the names are taken nearly verbatim from the novels: Schohira for Schoharie, Oriskany for Oriskonie, Caughnawaga for Conawaga, etc.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Almost all the names are taken nearly verbatim from the novels: Schohira for Schoharie, Oriskany for Oriskonie, Caughnawaga for Conawaga, etc.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Although Washington himself, in July 1775 before the congressional policy had been established, had consulted, at his Cambridge headquarters, seven sachems of the French Caughnawaga tribe living around Montreal about an alliance, in the end he wisely decided to urge the Indians to adhere to a neutral stance.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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Although Washington himself, in July 1775 before the congressional policy had been established, had consulted, at his Cambridge headquarters, seven sachems of the French Caughnawaga tribe living around Montreal about an alliance, in the end he wisely decided to urge the Indians to adhere to a neutral stance.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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Some writers call Brown king's attorney at Caughnawaga, whether rightly I know not, nor do I know why he came to the Mohawk Valley from Berkshire, for Pittsfield was a growing frontier town.
Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold Archibald Murray Howe
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Lieutenant-Colonel Deschambault was directed to cross the St. Lawrence at Lachine, and from Caughnawaga, to march to the Pointe Claire, Rivière-du-Chène, Vaudreuil, and Longue
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charles Roger
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