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'''Kanadaseaga''' (also spelled '''Kanatasaka''' and known as '''Seneca Castle'''), was a major village of the [[Seneca nation]] of the [[Iroquois]] Confederacy in west-central [[New York State]], [[United States]]. It was located between the northern ends of [[Seneca Lake, New York|Seneca Lake]] and [[Canandaigua Lake|Canandaigua]] lakes, west of the present-day city of [[Geneva, New York|Geneva]], in the township of [[Seneca, New York|Seneca]]. ItThe wasSeneca established this village at least as early as 1687.<ref name=tanner>{{cite book |last= Tanner |first= Helen Hornbeck |coauthors= Adele Hast, Jacqueline Peterson, Robert J. Surtees, Miklos Pinther |title= Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History |year= 1987 |publisher= University of Oklahoma Press |isbn= 0-8061-2056-8 |page= 33}}</ref>

Long known for being one of the most powerful Iroquois towns, it was nonetheless destroyed duringby the rebel-led [[Sullivan Expedition]] of 1779 during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Rebel colonial forces were seeking to punish the Iroquois for their raids and attacks on frontier settlements, especially in the Mohawk, Cherry and Schoharie valleys.