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Wentworth Greenhalgh in Colonial New York - 18 June, 1677
from 'America and West Indies: May 16-31, 1677' in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 10, 1677-1680, pages 88-99:
[Ganondagon, referred to by Greenhalgh as Canagaroh, was a Native American settlement of the Seneca people in western colonial New York. Greenhalgh travelled to the area to secure the Seneca as allies for the British]
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Observations of Wentworth Greenhalgh in a journey from Albany to the Indians westward begun 28th May and ended 14th July 1677 […] Being at this place [Tiotehatton] 17th June, there came 50 [Native American] prisoners from the south, of two nations, some whereof have few guns, the other none at all; one nation is about 10 day's journey from any Christians and trade only with one great house not far from the sea, the other trade only, as they say, with a black people; two women and a man were burnt on that day and a child killed with a stone; at night there was a great noise as if the houses had fallen, but it was only the inhabitants driving away the ghosts of the murdered. On the 18th, going to Canagaroh, overtook the prisoners; when the soldiers saw us they stopped each his prisoner and made him sing, and cut off their fingers and slashed their bodies with a knife, and when they had sung each man confessed how many in his time he had killed[.]
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J.W. Fortescue and W. Noel Sainsbury (ed.), 'America and West Indies: May 16-31, 1677' in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 10, 1677-1680, volume 10 (London, 1896), p. 88-99. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547032413005 accessed: 31 January, 2023
location of experience: Colonial New York
Wentworth Greenhalgh
English colonial government official
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forced unspecified singing performed by Native American Indians
Experience Information
Date/Time 18 June, 1677
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors, in public
British History Online, a digital library created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, includes calendars of state papers in which the listening experience was identified. Calendars are very detailed summaries of documents arranged chronologically, intended as a finding aid. Original documents are often held at the National Archives at Kew.
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:13:33 +0000
Approved on Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:10:19 +0100