Councilman Questions
Monument Referring
To Iroquois 'Savagery'
Murphy Said He Will Raise Issue
Today Before Rights Commission
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – After 118 years, Common Council member Luke Murphy, First Ward, is concerned about a marker in Neahwa Park referring to the “savagery” of the Iroquois pursued by the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition.
A neighbor of Murphy’s walking through Neahwa Park alerted the freshman council member to the plaque at the park’s River Street entrance, which says the 1779 expedition “destroyed the Indian savagery and opened the westward pathway of civilization.”