CUNAHUNTA
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- 619 NYS Highway #7, Afton, NY
- 42.214015, -75.558347
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Afton Historical Society
CUNAHUNTA
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CUNAHUNTASITE OF IROQUOIS TOWN
BURNED BY CONTINENTAL ARMY
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
COLONEL WILLIAM BUTLER
OCTOBER 9 & 10, 1778
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2017
This is the site of an Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, town which was burned by Continental Army troops commanded by Colonel William Butler. This expedition was a prelude to what is better known as the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign of 1779.