The Aughguagas Indians are referenced in O'Callaghan's Documents Relative*
(1855) V:675 in Schoharie Cty. and on other pages. They were ~ to the
"Schoharies:" Indians on the margins of their society considered "losers" in
that they were not recognized by the Mohawks.

*to the Colonial History of the State of New York.

Sally Light
Historian, Town of Austerlitz


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lester Hendrix" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: "Aughguagas" Indians


> I recall reading of raids from and against Oquaga. I believe it was in
> the Sidney-Bainbridge-Unadilla area or someplace nearby and a hotbed of
> loyalism frequented by Capt. Brant at al and periodically raided by Col.
> Harper and other rebels including those from the Schoharie forts.
> Perhaps the natives of that area were called Oquagas.
>
>
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> Subject: "Aughguagas" Indians
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>
> I am researching a massacre near Schoharie led by Adam Chrysler, a
> Loyalist who was born in Schoharie County but who fled with his family
> to Canada at the start of the Revolution. He reports that in 1781 he led
> a party of Aughguagas on a raid to the Schoharie Valley.
>
> I presume he misspelled the name of the tribe. Can anyone identify them
> for me?
>
> Harold Miller
> Berne History Project www.Bernehistory.org
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