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Caughnawaga
Caughnawaga or Kahnawake may refer to:
- Caughnawaga Indian Village Site, a village of the Mohawk nation inhabited from 1666 to 1693, now an archaeological site near the village of Fonda, New York
- Caughnawaga, New York, a town in Montgomery County eliminated by subdivision in 1793
- Caughnawaga Indians, Native Americans who converted to Christianity
- Kahnawake 14, Quebec, Mohawk reserve south of the St. Lawrence River and Montreal
Usage examples of "caughnawaga".
The Caughnawagas had come to offer their services to the Americans, and, gathered all about him, they presented a spectacle that Adams, to his surprise, hugely enjoyed.
Yet even they were upstaged by the main attractions of the gathering, a dozen or more sachems and warriors of the Caughnawaga Indians in full regalia who had been invited to dine, together with their wives and children.