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BROTHERS : We have come from our homes to join hands with you to do honor to the memory of a friend of our fore- fathers. We remember the good KIRKLAND as the faithful friend of my great grandfather.
He was sent by the Good Spirit to teach the Indians to be good and happy ; as the sun cometh in the early morning so he came from the east in 1766, to gladden the hearts of my people and to cover them with the light of the Great Spirit. He came in and went out before them; he walked hand in hand with the great SKENANDOA.
As KIRKLAND was their counselor, their physician, their spiritual father and friend, so was SKENANDOA, like the tall hemlock, the glory of our people, the mighty sachen and counselor of the Iroquois and the true friend of the white man. His soul was a beam of fire, his heart was big with goodness,
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his head was like a clear lamp, and his tongue was great in council.
KIRKLAND was to my nation like a great light in a dark place. His soul was like the sun, without any dark spots upon it, and we first learned through him to be good. Our father then gave him much land, and he gave to your children Hamilton Oneida Academy.
Where to-day are KIRKLAND and SKENANDOA? They are gone ! The Great Spirit reached out of his window and took them from us, and we see them no more. When sixty-nine snows had fallen and melted away, then the good KIRKLAND went to his long home.
And at the age of 110 years we laid beside him JOHN SKENANDOA, the great sachem of the Iroquois. Arm in arm, as brothers, they walked life's trail ; and, united in death, nothing can separate them : but they will go up together in the great resurrection.
When they went down to their long sleep the night was dark; when the morning came it did not remove the dark- ness from our people. They wet their eyes with big drops, and a heavy cloud was on them.
The council fires of the Iroquois died, and their hearts grew faint ; then our people scattered like frightened deer, and we Indians here to-day, standing by the mighty dead, are the only few of the once powerful Iroquois. They are all gone, but the deeds of KIRKLAND and SKENANDOA will never die ; their memory is dear to us and will not fail ; so long as the sun lights the sky by day and the moon by night, we will rub the mould and dust from their gravestones, and say, -
" Brothers, here sleep the good and the brave."
At the close of this address, a company of Indians, men and women, stepped upon the platform, and sang an anthem in the tongue wherein they were born, whose simple, plaintive tones touched all hearts. The exercises were then concluded with the benediction by Rev. Dr. KENDALL, of New York.
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THE following is a copy of the original subscriptions towards the building of the Hamilton Oneida Academy, in 1793 : -
Names of Subscribers. Cash. £ s. d.
Other Items.
Samuel Kirkland,
10 00 0 and 15 days' work. Also, 300 acres of land for the use and benefit of the Academy, to be loaned, and the product applied toward the support of an able Instructor.
John Sergeant,
4 0 0
Moses Foot,
2 0 0 and 1000 ft. timber, 5000 ft. boards, and 20 days' work.
James Dean,
Zedh Sanger.
100 ft. 7×9 glass, 100 acres of land, of 45th lot in the 20th township in the Unadilla purchase.
Sewall Hopkins,
2 0 0
and ten days' labor.
Timothy Tuttle,
200 0 500 ft. clapboards, 1000 shingles, and 10 days' work.
Dan. Bradley,
2 0 0
Eli Bristoll,
10 0
400 ft. timber, and 20 days' work.
Ralph Kirkland,
1 16
0 and 6 days' work.
Shene D. Sackett,
) 8 0
and 6 days' work.
Seth Blair,
1 - -
and 6 days' work.
Deodorus Clark,
2
-
-
and 1000 ft. of boards.
Erastus Clark,
2
- -
Jonas Platt,
3
-
Thos. Cassety,
3
-
Isaac Jones,
1 10
Elias Kane,
10 - -
Henry Merrill,
1 -
-
John Young,
2
-
-
Jesse Munger,
1
-
and 4 days' work.
Sam1 Laird,
2
and 2000 ft. clapboards.
Elizur Mosely,
4 - - and 2000 ft. boards.
Lorin Webb
0 80 and 6 days' work.
Joshua Vaughan,
0 4 0 and 1000 ft. boards.
- and three days' work.
1
8 0 0 and 2000 ft. liemlock boards.
APPENDIX.
£ s. d.
Ephrm Blackmer, 60 0
Joseph Blackmer,
100
and 3 days' work.
Israel Green,
0 8 0 and 6 days' work.
Joel Bristoll,
100
and 300 ft. timber, and 20 days' work.
Ezra Hart,
1.0
0 and 6 days' work.
Aaron Henman,
0 10
0 and 6 days' work. 1000 nails.
Stephen Willard,
2
-
- 200 ft. timber, 20 pds nails, and 6 days' work.
Bronson Foot,
1 12
- and 1000 ft. boards, and 6 days' work.
Consider Law,
John Blunt,
-
-
Solomon Thomson,
-
8
-
John Townsend,
2
- -
Amos Parmely,
- 10
Nathan Townsend,
1 10 -
Silas Phelps,
2 -
-
payable in blacksmith work.
Moses Dewitt,
3 0 0
Thomas Hooker,
1 10 -
Noah Taylor,
- 16
Nath1 Griffin,
4 -
-
- payable in grain. payable in grain. "
Robt Darke,
4
-
Eliakim Elmore,
1 16
-
Ebenezer Seeley,
1
-
and 3 £ payable in timber.
Sam1 Wells,
1
-
- and 3 days' labor.
Peleg Havens,
1
-
- and 3 £ payable in grain.
Thomas Hart,
3
-
-
Ira Foot,
2
-
- and 1000 ft. boards, and 20 days' work.
Joseph Boynton,
- 10 - and 2 days surveying land.
Ebenezer Butler,
2 0 0 200 ft. timber, 100 ft. boards, and 500 clapboards.
Timothy Pond Jr.,
1 0 0 and 1000 ft. boards.
Broome & Platt,
-
-
300 ft. of 7×9 glass.
Stephen Barrett,
-
40 shillings, value in pine boards, first rate.
Seth Roberts,
3
-
1
-
-
and six days' work.
Ainos Kellogg, Oliver Tuttle,
1
- -
Elias Dewey,
1
- - and six days' work.
-
4 days' work. 1000 ft. boards, and 3 days' work. and 6 days' work.
-
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Abner Ormsby,
-
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£ s. d.
Aaron Kellogg, Thos Whitcomb, Jas Smith, Jr.,
Barnabas Pond,
Elijah Blodgett,
1 - - 1 - - and six days' work. and six days' work. 1 - - 1000 ft. boards. 1000 shingles. and six days' work.
Henry Holley, 1 - -
Seeley Finch,
100
and six days' work.
Josiah Bradner,
100
Joseph Stanton,
8
and three days' work.
Pomroy Hull,
0 8 0 and three days' work. S and three days' work.
Rufus S anton,
Amos Blair,
-
8 -
Oliver l'helps,
10
- -
Sam1 Tuttle,
Peter Smith,
10 - -
Tho& R. Gold,
5
- -
£168 8 0
1000 ft. clapboards, to be delivered at the mill.
INDEX.
Academy, Hamilton Oneida, 120. how built, 122. Indian boys at, 123. Agriculture of Kirkland, 151.
Agricultural products, 152. Agricultural Society, 152. Animals of Kirkland, 6. Authorities consulted in this history, Preface, 10.
Backus, Dr. Azel, 126. Banks in Kirkland, 180. Baptist church, 113. Baptist ministers, 114.
Bears in the cornfields, 57.
Bell, first in Kirkland, 96. Birds of Kirkland, 5. Birth, first in the town, 35. Botany of the town, 202.
Brothertown Indians, 15, 54. Brown, President, 128. Burglary, the first, 59. Burying-ground, 30. Bush, Peter, 197.
Church, College, sketch of, 112. Church, Congregational, 90. first pastor installed, 93. its several pastors, 98. Church, Episcopal, its early history, 117. its ministers, 118. house of worship, 119.
Church, Manchester, 115. Church, Methodist Episcopal, 107. when organized, 107. church edifice built, 108. its successive ministers, 109.
Church, Presbyterian, 98. Church, Roman Catholic, 116.
Church, Universalist, established, 109. first edifice built, 110. successive ministers, 111. second church edifice, 112. Clarks' Mills, 174. Clinton, village named, 24.
Clinton Iron Works, 175.
College grounds, 158, 161. Common schools, 147. Couture, Jesuit missionary, 1. Covenant, "Half-Way," 91.
Canal, Chenango, when built, 179. Catholic church, 116.
Cattle, improved breeds introduced, Davis, President, 126. 152. Cemetery, Clinton, 157. Cemetery, college, 161. Cheese factories, 176. Chuckery, 58. Church, Baptist, 113: edifice built, 114. its several ministers, 115.
Dayton, Fort, 2. Deacons of a former day, 197. Death, first in the town, 29. Dedication of Kirkland Monument, 221. Distillrye, 168. Dutch settlers, 18, 19. Dutch traders, 1.
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Dwight, President Timothy, visits the Hamilton College, founded, 126. town, 52. Dwight, President Sereno, 127.
Dwight, Rev. B. W., his High School, 145. its system of instruction, 146. teachers, 147.
Early explorers, 19, 20. Edwards, Jonathan, 12.
Elders in Presbyterian church, 99.
Episcopal Church, 117. Express Company, 180.
Factories, cheese, 176. Faculty of Hamilton College, 129.
Farmers, early, 178.
Firesides, primitive, 196.
First settlers, 21-27. houses of, 23.
Fisher, President, 128.
Flower-gardens of Kirkland, 60, 155.
Foot, Moses, 22.
Foot, Sam, 197.
Foot-race of Indians, 216.
Franklin Iron Works, 172.
Fruits raised in Kirkland, 153.
Fulling Mill, 163. Furnace, iron, 169.
Gardens, useful and ornamental, 154- 156.
Geology of Kirkland, 4.
Ginseng, 33, 52. Good Peter, 55.
Goupil, René, Jesuit missionary, 1.
Grammar School, building erected, 132.
its preceptors, 133, 134. its discipline, 133. its steadfastness, 198. Gridley, Rev. Wayne, 106.
· Grist-mill, the first, 25. Grounds, the College, 158.
Hamilton Oneida Academy, 120. its preceptors, 123. subscriptions for building, 226.
its presidents, 126-128. its professors, 128, 129. its treasurers, 130. its trustees, 130. its benefactors, 130. its buildings, 131.
High School, Dwight's, 145.
Home Cottage Seminary, established, 143. its principals, 144.
Horses introduced, 31.
Horseback riding, 199.
Horticulture of Kirkland, 153.
Houghton Seminary, its origin, 144. its preceptors, 145. Houses, first frame built, 34.
Incorporation of Clinton, 180. Indians, habits of, 36.
noted characters among them, 37, 40-45. their humor and irony, 38.
boys at school, 123. destiny of the race, 17.
Institute, Liberal, established, 136, 137. its principals, 138, 139. its benefactors, 138, 140. Iron ore: its discovery, and position of the beds, 170. its quality and uses, 171.
Iron, Clinton Works, 175. Iron, Franklin Works, 172.
Jesuit missionaries, 1, 11. Jogues, Isaac, 1.
Kellogg, Rev. Iliram H., his seminary, 141. its peculiar features, 142. its usefulness, 143. Kirkland, town of, formed, 3. its latitude and longitude, 3. soil of, 3. Kirkland, Rev. Samuel, his early life, 62. among the Seneca Indians, 65.
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Kirkland, Rev. Samuel, among the Meeting-house, the old white, 95. Oneidas, 69. when built, 95. 1 its appearance, 96. his marriage, 70. during the Revolutionary War, 72. his plan of education, 80, 81. founds an Academy, 82.
and Jeremialı Day, 84. his physical traits, 85. his mental endowments, 87.
moral and religious character, 87. results of his labors, 89. monument to, 221.
Lawyers, early in Kirkland, 178. Line of Property, 10. Lucas, Mrs. Eli, 61.
Manchester, church of, 115. Manufactures, early, 162.
Manufacture, Clinton woolen, 162, 163. of nails, 163. of hats, 164. of hoes and scythes, 164, 167. of clocks, 164. of pottery, 165. of bricks, 165. of potash, 166. of leather, 166.
of chairs, 167. of axes and hammers, 167. of hay-forks, 167. of cotton batting, 167. of spoons and counterfeit money, 168. of cotton cloth, at Manchester, 169.
of cotton cloth, at Clarks' Mills, 174. Marr, Mrs., her select school, 147.
Marshall, town of, formed from Kirk- Plants of Kirkland, 202. land, 3.
the music therein, 197. in winter, 196. stoves introduced into it, 196. taken down, 97.
is visited by Timothy Dwight Merchants, of early days, 178.
Methodist Church, 107.
Mills, grist, 166, 168. saw, 166, 168, 169. Monument to Mr. Kirkland, 221.
Newspapers established, 181. North, President, 127.
Norton, Professor Seth, 124.
Norton, Rev. Dr., his birth and educa- tion, 100. his personal appearance, 102. his physical regimen, 103. his mental endowments, 103. his traits as a preacher, 104. his death, 106. Noyes, Dr. Josiah, 198. 3
Occum, Rev. Samson, Indian preacher, 53.
Old Kate, 197.
Oneida county formed, 3.
Oneida Indians, origin of, 6. during the Revolution, 9. efforts to Christianize them, 11. removed west, 13. Orchards of Kirkland, 153. Oriskany, battle of, 2. Oriskany Creek, 3.
Paris, town of, named, 33. ' Patriotism of the town, 184.
Penney, resident, 127. Peter, Good, 55. Physicians, early, 178. Pillions, for horseback riding, 199. Plank road, 179.
Plattkopf, an Oneida Chief, 50.
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Pond, Major, and the Oneida Chief, Soil of Kirkland, 5. 44. Population of the +own, 181.
Population of Clinton, 181. Presbyterian Church, 98. Property Line, 10.
Race, Indian foot-race, 216-220.
Railroad, Rome and Clinton, built, 183.
Railroad, Utica, Clinton, and Bing- hamt n, built, 183.
Religious service, first, 26.
Review, general, of the period of this history, 195.
Royce, Miss Nancy, Seminary, 135. Rural Art Society, 156.
Sabbath keeping, in old times, 198. Scareity of food, 31.
Shools, common, 147.
Schuyler, Fort, 2.
Settlers, the first, 21.
Settlers, other first, 27.
Sheep, merino, introduced, 162. Skenandoa, 47.
some of his descendants to-day, 221. Singers of the olden time, 197. Singing Schools, 196.
Soldiers, of the Revolution, 184. of the War of 1812, 185. of the War of the Rebellion, 186-195. Stanwix, Fort, 2, 216. Staring, Heinrich, 43.
Steer, story of "the fine, fat steer," 39. Stockbridge Indians, 14.
Stone church, 97.
Stone, sacred, of the Oneidas, 7.
Stoves in the meeting-house, 196.
Streets, earliest, laid out, 58.
Streets, later, laid out and named, 179. Subscriptions for Hamilton Oneida Academy, 226.
Tanneries, 166. Telegraph, 179.
Trees, native in Kirkland, 202-216.
Trees. in college grounds, 160.
Tuscarora Indians, 13.
Universalist Church, 109.
Wedding suit procured under difficul- ties, 163. Whitesborough, settlement of, 20. Wright, Mose, 197.
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