Canawaugus, New York
Canawaugus (or Conawagus, or Ca-noh-wa-gas, or Conewaugus) (pronounced [kan-ɘ-wô′-gɘs]) was a Seneca Indian village.[1]:p.46 The village was located on the west side of the Genesee River, "about a mile above the ford",[2]:p.59 on the western edge of Avon, NY. It was nearly opposite the Avon sulphur springs. The name means "stinking waters" because of the sulphur.[3]
Canawaugus was one of the most populous of the Seneca villages, with a population approaching 1000 people.[4]:p.166
The Seneca religious leader Handsome Lake was born here about 1735. Governor Blacksnake moved here shortly after his birth.[1]:p.46 Cornplanter was born here around 1750.
It is unclear whether or not the village was destroyed in the Sullivan Expedition of 1799.[4]:p.166
