Cayuga
(ˈkeɪjuːgə, ˈkaɪjuːgə)
[Iroquoian place-name.]
One of the five (later six) tribes of the Iroquoian confederation of North American Indians; a member of this tribe; their language. Also attrib.
| 1744 Colon. Rec. Pennsylvania IV. 722 The several Nations had drawn for the performance of the Ceremony and the Lot falling on the Cayogo Nation. 1792 Affecting Hist. F. Manheim 34 A number of..Cayugas will commence hostilities. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. vii. 143 They [sc. the Iroquois] consisted of the tribes..of the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas; who ranked, in the confederation, in the order with which they are named. 1933 Bloomfield Lang. iv. 72 The languages of the Iroquois type (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, [etc.]). 1969 Observer (Colour Suppl.) 25 May 53/3 Farther west were the Cayuga, a small group. |