Show indian legend explains origin of five tribes after the great spirit had created tho the hills and dates dales the lakes and streams placed the animals and birds in the woodland and the fishes in the waters ot of new york he ha dropped five handfuls of red sand across the promised land the I 1 first handful it Is said fell in the valley of the mohawk from the gateway for which the indian wood word is schenectady to the vicinity of utica and from this red sand sprang the mohawks Mo hawks of whom joseph brand was a prominent member the second handful fell among tile the flat stones onelda oneida in oneida and madison counties and gave birth to the oneidas of whom alien was the well known patriot chieftain the third handful fell among the hills near syracuse and today people of the hills which the word onondaga means still dwell in the hills bills of onondaga county the cayugan arose from the fourth handful dropped around the take lake which still bears their name and from this group came the great orator logon logan who is burled buried at auburn tile the fifth handful of red sand was dropped in the beautiful valley which the word genesee means and from this mighty tilbe came the noted red jacket big tree and other councilors councillors counci lors we speak of th the six nations or tribes ot of iroquois today since the who now live in niagara county came from the south in 1712 and joined the original five named in the tha legend above |