Danby in Tompkins County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Cayuga Indian Village

Photographed by Amy Christian, June 28, 2020

1. Cayuga Indian Village Marker

Inscription.
Possible birthplace of Chief Logan (Tah-Gah-Jute) "I appeal to white men to say if hungry I gave no meat; if cold and naked, I clothed not"

Erected 1932 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 42° 20.88′ N, 76° 29.295′ W. Marker is in Danby, New York, in Tompkins County. It is at the intersection of Bald Hill Road and Jennings Pond Road, on the right when traveling north on Bald Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Spencer NY 14883, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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

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are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: This Was The First Church (approx. half a mile away); Soldiers Monument (approx. half a mile away); Town of Danby (approx. half a mile away); Danby (approx. half a mile away); W. Grant Egbert Gravesite (approx. 1.2 miles away); New Jerusalem Church Site (approx. 1.2 miles away); Michigan Hill (approx. 3.9 miles away); Ithaca & Owego (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Danby.

Also see . . . Logan (Iroquois leader) (Wikipedia). (Submitted on July 3, 2020, by Amy Christian of Ithaca, New York.)

Additional keywords. Iroquois; Tompkins County

Photographed by Amy Christian, June 28, 2020

2. Cayuga Indian Village Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2020, by Amy Christian of Ithaca, New York. This page has been viewed 1,205 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 28, 2020, by Amy Christian of Ithaca, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.