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Kinderhook Creek
Brainard NY
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Peebles Island
Mohawk (from West) <> Hudson
Waterford NY
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lower right with second photo is looking from atop the cliff down at stone I marked with...
a beauty full Green spin field...
“There is abundant evidence of Indian occupation on Peebles and Van Schaick Islands. Hammerstones and projectile points have been discovered and suggest that early tribes lived in this area. Archeologists uncovered a number of early hearths here that may be evidence of drying fish for winter use.
The first Europeans known to have visited Peebles Island came by a small boat from Henry Hudson's ship Half Moon in 1609. Later in the 17th century, the Dutch planted crops along the island's northern floodplain and grazed their cattle in other areas. By the 1670s, the Dutch called Peebles Island Haver, or Oat, Island, a name retained until 1862.”…
a “1630 map shows Peebles Island as the location of Menomine's Castle, a village named for an important Mohican leader.”…
“Hoppe Eyland (Hop Island), which appears on this 1656 map of New Netherland, may be an early Dutch name for Peebles Island, shown near Kahoos (today Cohoes). Goosen Gerritsen van Schaick, who acquired the island in 1664, was a brewer and may have grown hops here as early as the 1650s.“…
- https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=115382
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Peebles Island
Mohawk (from West) <> Hudson
Waterford NY
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a beauty full Green spin field...
“There is abundant evidence of Indian occupation on Peebles and Van Schaick Islands. Hammerstones and projectile points have been discovered and suggest that early tribes lived in this area. Archeologists uncovered a number of early hearths here that may be evidence of drying fish for winter use.
The first Europeans known to have visited Peebles Island came by a small boat from Henry Hudson's ship Half Moon in 1609. Later in the 17th century, the Dutch planted crops along the island's northern floodplain and grazed their cattle in other areas. By the 1670s, the Dutch called Peebles Island Haver, or Oat, Island, a name retained until 1862.”…
a “1630 map shows Peebles Island as the location of Menomine's Castle, a village named for an important Mohican leader.”…
“Hoppe Eyland (Hop Island), which appears on this 1656 map of New Netherland, may be an early Dutch name for Peebles Island, shown near Kahoos (today Cohoes). Goosen Gerritsen van Schaick, who acquired the island in 1664, was a brewer and may have grown hops here as early as the 1650s.“…
- https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=115382
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with congruence Normans Kill and Hudson River...
"...After the Delaware Avenue Bridge [third site] in the Town of Bethlehem [Delmar], there is a small set of falls followed by relatively shallow depths and moderate flow over a gravelly substrate for approximately 1 mile through a wooded gorge. A mix of steep shale ravines and clay banks runs downstream to the tidal portion of the study area, which is referred to on some maps as “Island Creek.” This lower mile of the creek flows over a deep substrate of silt and clay and is characterized by wide mud flats extending to the Normans Kill’s confluence with the Hudson River. Part of the tidal portion of the Normans Kill has been channelized [Z] to accommodate industrial use of the area east of State Route 32 proximate to the Port of Albany. West of Route 32, however, the tidal stream and associated riparian zone remain in a relatively natural condition. Habitat disturbance in this area is generally limited to road and rail crossings, litter, and discharges of stormwater runoff from paved surfaces...."
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with these times where death is on the doorsteps of all with viral pandemics, fires, flooding, wars, killings and starvations I/we can pause with the context of Onondaga “Tawasentha” reflections?...
TREE OF PEACE: THE IROQUOIS LEGEND OF THE EASTERN WHITE PINE
When we discuss the history and value of the Eastern White Pine, we typically do so within the framework of American colonialism, repeating tales of ‘The King’s Broad Arrow’ and other events that took place around the time of the Revolutionary War. But of course, the venerable [P]inus strobus and the landscape in which it grows flourished for a long time before any European settlers arrived on the shores of what we now call North America, and it remains important to some Native American tribes all these centuries later.
The Iroquois (whose true name is Haudenosaunee Nation) call the Eastern White Pine the ‘Tree of Peace.’ The origins of its legend lie within that of a man they called Dekanawidah, the peace-giver, who helped create the Five Nations Confederacy (Kayanerenh-kowa, or ‘Great Peace’) between the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca tribes.
As the story goes, Dekanaweidah traveled between each of these warring tribes to spread a message of peace, friendship, and unity, but was not always met with understanding. The Eastern White Pine tree was known to them as “the tree of the Great Long Leaves,” and Dekanaweidah used it as a symbol of his intentions. It was said to have four symbolic roots, the Great White Roots of Peace, which extended north, east, south and west.
Dekanaweidah planted an Eastern White Pine on the land of the Onondagas (in the present-day state of New York), and the chiefs of each tribe who agreed to be a part of the peace agreement would meet beneath its branches to talk about preserving The Great Peace. The clusters of five needles on each branch symbolize the Five Nations joined together as one.
“The Tree of Peace is an important symbol of peace in Iroquois tradition and in the historical record of diplomacy between the Iroquois and Westerners,” says author and American anthropologist AC Parker in the book ‘Certain Iroquois Tree Myths and Symbols. “Weapons would be buried under a tree to seal a peace agreement. A tree might even be uprooted to create a cavity for the weapons. The replanted tree on top would become a tree of peace.”
The proliferation and long lives of the pine trees represent the passing of The Great Peace down from those first chiefs to their successors, keeping the pact alive long after they died. In essence, that first ‘Tree of Peace’ lives forever through the Eastern White Pine forests that remain throughout the Northeast United States today. The Eastern White Pine remains the centerpiece of the seal of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Images via Wikimedia Commons and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
https://easternwhitepine.org/tree-of-peace-the-iroquois.../
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"...After the Delaware Avenue Bridge in the Town of Bethlehem [Delmar/Normansville], there is a small set of falls followed by relatively shallow depths and moderate flow over a gravelly substrate for approximately 1 mile through a wooded gorge. A mix of steep shale ravines and clay banks runs downstream to the tidal portion of the study area, which is referred to on some maps as “Island Creek.” This lower mile of the creek flows over a deep substrate of silt and clay and is characterized by wide mud flats extending to the Normans Kill’s confluence with the Hudson River. Part of the tidal portion of the Normans Kill has been channelized [Z] to accommodate industrial use of the area east of State Route 32 proximate to the Port of Albany. West of Route 32, however, the tidal stream and associated riparian zone remain in a relatively natural condition. Habitat disturbance in this area is generally limited to road and rail crossings, litter, and discharges of stormwater runoff from paved surfaces...."
http://www.albanycounty.com/Libraries/Economic_Development_Conservation_and_Planning/Normans-Kill-report.sflb.ashx
while living with the Albany area for many years I crossed the Delaware Ave bridge in background often... I spent time foraging with Normans Kill with Guilderland and Altamont giving Thanks with the Earth, Air, Fire and Water there... 10+ miles upstream...
intentions with three site foundation carries upstream to headwaters remediation activation... drawing toward headwaters with intentions...
with over 2,000 miles drawn/marked, over 580 sites drawn/marked along 32 rivers and creeks and with over 200 cities/towns with 7 Eastern US states since 7/27/2016...
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Normans Kill
Slingerlands NY
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“The Normans Kill is a 45.4-mile-long (73.1 km)[3] creek in New York's Capital District located in Schenectady and Albanycounties. It flows southeasterly from its source in the town of Duanesburg near Delanson to its mouth at the Hudson Riverin the town of Bethlehem. In the town of Guilderland, the stream is dammed to create the Watervliet Reservoir, a drinking water source for the city of Watervliet and the Town of Guilderland. A one megawatt hydrolectric plant at the dam provides power to pump water to the filtration plant.[4]
The Normans Kill has a drainage area of over 170 square miles (440 km2),[5] and includes portions of Schoharie County along with the counties in which the Normans Kill itself flows through.
The Normans Kill has been used historically as a source of water power during colonial times, during which many millssprung up along its banks. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, blocks of ice were cut out of the creek for shipment to the city of New York as a form of early refrigeration. Its name is derived from the Dutch word for a Norwegian, who the Dutch called "North Men or Normans", hence North Man's Stream/Creek" the ethnicity of Albert Andriessen Bradt( originally spelled "Bratt"), an early settler who owned sawmills near the first waterfall of the creek in the early 17th century, and the word kill, Dutch for creek. Earlier names of the stream include[6] Godyns Kil, Norman's Kill, Normans Kil, and the indigenous place name Ta-wa-sen-tha, Ta-wal-sou-tha, or Tawalsontha. Locals call and spell it Normanskill (one word) Creek” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans_Kill
last Fall I initiated activating with drawing charcoal 3 sites with Normans Kill; Selkirk (conjoins Hudson), Albany and Normansville/Delmar)…
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../4081454986153422275
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../2077887972656447266
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../5022592610566994567
the next 6 posts will be with Normans Kill headwaters near Delanson, then Duanesburg, Princetown, Altamont and Slingerlands sequentially aligning and drawing meandering energy downstream toward Hudson with connecting with the intitiating sites…
I found two tales with "Tawasentha" derivations;
Normans Kill watershed area was “Originally called "Tawasentha" (a place of the many dead)…”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans_Kill
and
Iroquois name for a burial ground near mouth of the Normanskill Creek. - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=1428
with these times where death is on the doorsteps of all with viral pandemics, fires, flooding, wars, killings and starvations I/we can pause with the context of Onondaga “Tawasentha” reflections?...
~ Elements are Life ~
Love & Peace with CoCreativity with all...
charcoal with stone, Water & Earth...
Normans Kill
Altamont NY
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Autumnal Equinox
this Altamont site is with SE end Watervliet Reservoir...
hydroelectric dam is with background...
“The Normans Kill is a 45.4-mile-long (73.1 km)[3] creek in New York's Capital District located in Schenectady and Albanycounties. It flows southeasterly from its source in the town of Duanesburg near Delanson to its mouth at the Hudson Riverin the town of Bethlehem. In the town of Guilderland, the stream is dammed to create the Watervliet Reservoir, a drinking water source for the city of Watervliet and the Town of Guilderland. A one megawatt hydrolectric plant at the dam provides power to pump water to the filtration plant.[4]
The Normans Kill has a drainage area of over 170 square miles (440 km2),[5] and includes portions of Schoharie County along with the counties in which the Normans Kill itself flows through.
The Normans Kill has been used historically as a source of water power during colonial times, during which many millssprung up along its banks. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, blocks of ice were cut out of the creek for shipment to the city of New York as a form of early refrigeration. Its name is derived from the Dutch word for a Norwegian, who the Dutch called "North Men or Normans", hence North Man's Stream/Creek" the ethnicity of Albert Andriessen Bradt( originally spelled "Bratt"), an early settler who owned sawmills near the first waterfall of the creek in the early 17th century, and the word kill, Dutch for creek. Earlier names of the stream include[6] Godyns Kil, Norman's Kill, Normans Kil, and the indigenous place name Ta-wa-sen-tha, Ta-wal-sou-tha, or Tawalsontha. Locals call and spell it Normanskill (one word) Creek” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans_Kill
last Fall I initiated activating with drawing charcoal 3 sites with Normans Kill; Selkirk (conjoins Hudson), Albany and Normansville/Delmar)…
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../4081454986153422275
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../2077887972656447266
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../5022592610566994567
the next 6 posts will be with Normans Kill headwaters near Delanson, then Duanesburg, Princetown, Altamont and Slingerlands sequentially aligning and drawing meandering energy downstream toward Hudson with connecting with the intitiating sites…
I found two tales with "Tawasentha" derivations;
Normans Kill watershed area was “Originally called "Tawasentha" (a place of the many dead)…”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans_Kill
and
Iroquois name for a burial ground near mouth of the Normanskill Creek. - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=1428
with these times where death is on the doorsteps of all with viral pandemics, fires, flooding, wars, killings and starvations I/we can pause with the context of Onondaga “Tawasentha” reflections?...
~ Elements are Life ~
Love & Peace with CoCreativity with all...
charcoal with stone, Water & Earth...
Normans Kill
Altamont NY
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this Altamont site is with NW end Watervliet Reservoir...
“The Normans Kill is a 45.4-mile-long (73.1 km)[3] creek in New York's Capital District located in Schenectady and Albanycounties. It flows southeasterly from its source in the town of Duanesburg near Delanson to its mouth at the Hudson Riverin the town of Bethlehem. In the town of Guilderland, the stream is dammed to create the Watervliet Reservoir, a drinking water source for the city of Watervliet and the Town of Guilderland. A one megawatt hydrolectric plant at the dam provides power to pump water to the filtration plant.[4]
The Normans Kill has a drainage area of over 170 square miles (440 km2),[5] and includes portions of Schoharie County along with the counties in which the Normans Kill itself flows through.
The Normans Kill has been used historically as a source of water power during colonial times, during which many millssprung up along its banks. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, blocks of ice were cut out of the creek for shipment to the city of New York as a form of early refrigeration. Its name is derived from the Dutch word for a Norwegian, who the Dutch called "North Men or Normans", hence North Man's Stream/Creek" the ethnicity of Albert Andriessen Bradt( originally spelled "Bratt"), an early settler who owned sawmills near the first waterfall of the creek in the early 17th century, and the word kill, Dutch for creek. Earlier names of the stream include[6] Godyns Kil, Norman's Kill, Normans Kil, and the indigenous place name Ta-wa-sen-tha, Ta-wal-sou-tha, or Tawalsontha. Locals call and spell it Normanskill (one word) Creek” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans_Kill
last Fall I initiated activating with drawing charcoal 3 sites with Normans Kill; Selkirk (conjoins Hudson), Albany and Normansville/Delmar)…
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../4081454986153422275
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../2077887972656447266
https://www.blogger.com/.../712995025.../5022592610566994567
the next 6 posts will be with Normans Kill headwaters near Delanson, then Duanesburg, Princetown, Altamont and Slingerlands sequentially aligning and drawing meandering energy downstream toward Hudson with connecting with the intitiating sites…
I found two tales with "Tawasentha" derivations;
Normans Kill watershed area was “Originally called "Tawasentha" (a place of the many dead)…”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans_Kill
and
Iroquois name for a burial ground near mouth of the Normanskill Creek. - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=1428
with these times where death is on the doorsteps of all with viral pandemics, fires, flooding, wars, killings and starvations I/we can pause with the context of Onondaga “Tawasentha” reflections?...
~ Elements are Life ~
Love & Peace with CoCreativity with all...
