Victor in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Deohako

Things That Sustain Us

— Ganondagon State Historic Site —

Deohako Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, October 15, 2009

1. Deohako Marker

Inscription.
Although the Seneca were successful hunters and gatherers, they were famed for their horticulture. Up until colonial times Seneca cultivators were primarily women, and the plant world was associated with their aspect of life. Central to Seneca material and spiritual well-being were three crops: corn, beans, and squash.

The Seneca believe these crops, termed the Three Sisters, sustain human live. The ceremonial year is heavily associated with their growth and harvest. Planting time and two harvests of corn are celebrated with great enthusiasm among traditional Seneca.

Huge stores of corn and beans were discovered in the picketed granary on Fort Hill during the Denonville Campaign of 1687. Denonville estimated his soldiers destroyed over 440,000 bushels of old and new corn that summer in the four major Seneca towns.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Native Americans. A significant historical year for this entry is 1687.

Location. 42° 57.69′ N, 77° 24.756′ W. Marker is in Victor, New York, in Ontario County. Marker is at the intersection of Broughton Hill Road and New York State Route 444 on Broughton Hill Road. The marker is located on the grounds of the Ganondagon State Historic Site. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Victor NY 14564, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ganondagan (a few steps from this marker); Jikonhsaseh (within shouting distance of this marker); Ezra Wilmarth (within shouting distance of this marker); Onenodaji:h (within shouting distance of this marker); Seneca Women as Horticulturalists (within shouting distance of this marker); Haudenosaunee (within shouting distance of this marker); Gannagaro (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gayanessha'gowa (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Victor.

Also see . . . Ganondagan State Historic Site. NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation website entry (Submitted on December 23, 2013, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Photographed By Don Morfe, October 15, 2009

2. Deohako Marker

Photographed By Don Morfe, October 15, 2009

3. Deohako Marker

Photographed By Don Morfe, October 15, 2009

4. Deohako Marker

Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018

5. Deohako Marker

The red buildings are one lot west of the road intersection (County Rd. 41 & NY Route 444).

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 847 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 21, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 5. submitted on November 18, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.