Teiaiagon
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Teiaiagon, meaning 'It crosses the stream', was a Seneca village on the east bank of the Humber River in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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[edit] Site
The site is currently near the intersection of Jane Street and Bloor Street or the community of Baby Point.
[edit] History
Built in 1676, some 50 years after the arrival of Etienne Brule, it was a trading post and meeting place between the Indians and European traders.
The village was inhabited by 4000-5000 people and comprised of 50 long houses. By 1687, the village was overtaken by the Mississauga Indians and later by the French (1750) with a fort called Baby Point (a name now taken by the neighbourhood).
Alternate names included:
- Taiaiako'n
- Taiaiagon
- Taiaiagon
- Teyeyagon
[edit] Other villages
Besides the Seneca, the Haudenosaunee and Algonquian also lived along Lake Ontario.
The village of Ganatsekwyagon was on the Rouge River in Scarborough. Alternate names included:
- Gandat Siagon
- Ganatsekwyagon
- Ganacheieskiagon
- Gandatsetiagon
- Gandatsekwyagon
- Ganatchekiagon
- Ganeftikiagon
- Gandatsiagon
- Ganetsekiagon
- Gandatsekiagon
- Gandatsdhagon
- Kanatiochtiage
- Ganastiquiagon
- Gandalskiagon
- Toronto Carrying Place
Another village was Ganaraske, occupied by the Mississaugas. It is now known as Port Hope, Ontario.
While First Nations continued to pass through the area, it was not until the establishment of York did a permanent community arise in modern day Toronto.
