Victor in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Gayanessha'gowa
The Great Law of Peace
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
1. Gayanessha'gowa Marker
The founders of the League believed injustice must be abolished before peace could exist. Peace was not viewed simply as the absence of conflict but the product of sincere and informed negatiations which sought justice as a precondition to true peace.
Seneca oral tradition relates that Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, founders of the League, met Jikonhsaseh at her home near here. She offered advice which enabled them to persuade the opposition, led by the Onondaga chief Tadodaho, to join the movement for confederation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Peace. A significant historical year for this entry is 900 CE.
Location. 42° 57.75′ N, 77° 24.753′ W. Marker is in Victor, New York, in Ontario County. It can be reached from the intersection of Boughton Hill Road (Route
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Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Haudenosaunee (within shouting distance of this marker); Seneca Women as Horticulturalists (within shouting distance of this marker); Onenodaji:h (within shouting distance of this marker); Deohako (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jikonhsaseh (about 400 feet away); Wenishadenyoh (about 400 feet away); Ganondagan (about 400 feet away); a different
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
2. Gayanessha'gowa Marker
View is northward. NY route 444 runs just behind the trees at right.
Also see . . . Ganondagan - NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. (Submitted on November 9, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 353 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
