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the Council fire to appoint his brother Colleagues. Then Oh-dah-tshe- 
deh appointed his brother Colleagues of the Turtle Clan as follows :— 
So-non-sehs, Tho-nah-onh-ken-ah, and A-tya-donh-nenh-tha. And 
then he (Oh-dah-tshe-deh) appointed his cousins of the Bear Clan as 
follows:—Deh-ha-da-weh-de-yons, Deh-ha-nyen-da-sah-deh and Roh- 
wa-tsha-deh-hon. These being the second Nation who accepted the 
message of Peace and Power and as their settlement (from whence they 
came) was where the historic stone was situated (O-neh-yoht) it was 
named O-neh-yo-deh-ha-ka (Oneidas). 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, It shall now rest with you the 
Uncles, Ska-nya-dah-ri-yoh and Sa-deh-ka-ronh-yes to appoint your 
Colleagues. Then Ska-nya-dah-ri-yoh said, I (myself) shall appoint two 
of my brethren and my Cousin Sa-deh-ka-ronh-yes shall appoint two 
of his brethren. Then Ska-nya-dah-ri-yoh of the Turtle Clan said, I 
therefore now appoint Ka-no-kye of the Turtle Clan and Sa-tye-na-wat 
of the Bear Clan as my Colleagues. 
Then Sa-deh-ka-ronh-yes of the Snipe Clan said, I now appoint 
Sa-ken-jo-wah-neh of the Pigeon Hawk Clan and Nis-ha-yeh-nehs of 
the Plover Clan as my Colleagues. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You have now all appointed your 
Colleagues and Ka-no-kye and Sa-ken-jo-wah-neh shall be Cousins 
and Nis-ha-yeh-nehs and'Sa-tye-na-wat shall be Cousins. He then said, 
You Ska-nya-dah-ri-yoh and Sa-deh-ka-ronh-yes of the Seneca Nation 
have now completed appointing your Colleagues. Your settlement is 
at the big Mountain, you shall therefore be called O-nen-do- HE ka 
(people of the big Mn 0) Senecas. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, And now your son Deh-ka-eh-yonh 
who sits on the opposite side of the Council Fire shall name and appoint 
his Colleagues. Then Deh-ka-eh-yonh of the big Bear Clan appointed 
his Colleagues as follows:—I shall now appoint my son Ji-non-dah- 
weh-onh of the Ball Clan* and my brother Ka-da-gwa-seh, of the Bear 
Clan and my brother Sho-yonh-wehs of the young Bear Clan and Ha- 
tya-troh-neh of the Turtle Clan. And he (Deh-ka-eh-yonh) continued 
appointing as follows: Dyon-yonh-koh of the Heron Clan, and Deh- 
yoh-doh-weh-kon of the Wolf Clan and Dyon-weh-thoh of the Snipe 
Clan. These are the brother Colleagues of the above. 
Then Deh-ka-eh-yonh appointed the Cousins of the above as 
follows:—Hah-don-dah-heh-ha of the Plover Clan and Des-ka-heh of 
the young Bear Clan. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You Deh-ka-eh-yonh of the Cayuga 
Nation have now finished appointing your Colleagues, you shall there- 
* Morgan says, Heron Clan. 
