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Onondagas
Onondagas \On`on*da"gas\, n. pl.; sing. Onondaga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.
Usage examples of "onondagas".
A little later came emissaries from the Great Hill People, and later still came messengers from the Granite People and the People of the Mucky Lands, while the Onondagas, well schooled hi their lessons, met these panting peace-bringers with well-simulated terror of a night visitation which they pretended to have experienced themselves.