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== History == The Oneida village of Oriska was established at the confluence of the Oriskany Creek and the Mohawk River before 1766. Oriska, sometimes also spelled as Ockrisk, Oriska, or Oriske, is believed to be a linguistic corruption of "Ol HiskΓ¨" meaning "a place of nettles."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Love |first=William DeLoss |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100435340 |title=Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England |date=1899 |publisher=Pilgrim Press |isbn=978-0-7905-5180-7 |location=Boston}}</ref> On August 5, 1777, during the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]], Oriska was visited by the [[Tryon County militia]] led by Brigadier General [[Nicholas Herkimer]]. The American-aligned militia was en route to [[Fort Stanwix]] to help lift a siege by allied British forces. Several dozen to one hundred Oneida joined Herkimer's militia for the trip.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Oneida |title=The Oriskany Battle of Oneida Hanyery and Mohawk Joseph Brant β Oneida Indian Nation |url=https://www.oneidaindiannation.com/the-oriskany-battle-of-oneida-hanyery-and-mohawk-joseph-brant/ |access-date=September 23, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> On the morning of August 6, 1777, the forces left Oriska for Fort Stanwix but were met by an ambush about three miles outside of Oriska. The location today is marked by the [[Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site |url=https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/oriskanybattlefield/details.aspx |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=parks.ny.gov}}</ref> The Tory Mohawk who allied with the British later retaliated against Oriska, destroying "stock and provisions" of the village's residents.<ref name="auto"/> Records of the village for the remainder of the war remain sparse. In a letter dated November 30, 1778, Major General Philip Schuyler implores General Washington that "for the Support of the Communication and Security of Convoys" between Albany and Oswego "Another post to be Occupied by a like number [of 50 men] should be Established At or near Oriska," among seven other sites.[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-18-02-0368 Founders Online: To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 30 No β¦] In June 1785, the area was surveyed by G. Lansing for a map entitled "Surveys & Partition of the Oriskany or Oriskary Patent," with seven allotments and numerous land claims noted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections : Cartographic Record : Map of the survey and partition of the Oriskany or Oriskany Patent. Map #54 [NYSA_A0273-78_54] |url=https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/36577 |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov}}</ref> Before 1810, the surveyor, Col. Gerritt Lansing, returned to the Oriskany Patent to settle. In 1811, he helped found the [[Oriskany Manufacturing Company]]. The company's year of incorporation is commonly cited as the founding date for the resettled village. Oriskany Manufacturing Company would operate for several decades. The site later became the [[Waterbury Felt Mill]]. The [[Erie Canal]] passed through the village until it was surpassed by the [[New York State Barge Canal|NYS Barge Canal]]. The path of the earlier canal later became [[State Route 69]]. The naming of the village from Oriska to Oriskany has become something of an urban legend. As the legend goes, there was a mix up at the post office - a missing comma. Instead of "Oriska, NY" the envelope was labeled as "Oriska NY" and shortly after "Oriskany, NY" was born. This post office legend is disproven by several eighteenth century documents that use "Oriskany," including letters from the Founding Fathers' papers and several extant maps, which antedate the founding of the local post office by decades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map of the patent of Oriskany. |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3803o.ar108200/ |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>
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