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Susquehanna and Chenango
The trails south from Oneida country down the Chenango to Binghamton, and from Otsego Lake down the Susquehanna to Sidney and the Great Bend.
| Endpoints | Oneida Castle → Sherburne → Norwich → Oxford → Chenango Forks → Binghamton (O-che-nang) → Otsego Lake → Oneonta → Sidney → Great Bend |
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| Modern roads along the route | NY-12 Sherburne–Norwich–Binghamton (Chenango); NY-7 and I-88 Cooperstown–Oneonta–Sidney–Binghamton (Susquehanna); NY-17/I-86 west from Binghamton |
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| Drawn on | Iroquois trails and villages, 1851 |
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From the Oneida and Onondaga country trails ran south to the Susquehanna. The 1851 sheet draws the Chenango (O-che-nang) from its headwaters near Morrisville down to Binghamton and names the junction O-che-nange; the Unadilla (De-o-na-dil-lo) and the Susquehanna from Otsego Lake (Ote-sa-ga) join at Sidney. The sheet labels the Delaware Ska-hun-da-wa and draws it much closer to Binghamton than it is.
Russell drew the Susquehanna as a straight line from Otsego to Binghamton, ignoring the Great Bend into Pennsylvania, so the overlay’s river bows across the real course; Binghamton and Sidney are pinned. NY-12 along the Chenango and NY-7/I-88 along the Susquehanna follow the two trails.
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Updated 2026-09-17. Where a route crosses private land today, stay on public roads and marked trails.