222 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
fore be called (Queh-you-gwe-hah-ka) Cayuga, from your custom of 
portaging your canoe at a certain point in your settlement. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, I shall now leave it to you, Tha-do- 
dah-ho, to appoint your Colleagues. 
Then Tha-do-dah-ho of the Bear Clan said, The first I shall appoint 
will be Onh-neh-sah-heh, my cousin of the Beaver Clan, and Ska-nya- 
da-ge-wak of the Snipe Clan and Ah-weh-ken-yath of the Ball Clan and 
Deh-ha-yat-kwa-eh of the Turtle Clan, and these are all brothers, and 
then Tha-do-dah-ho appointed their son, Ho-noh-we-yeh-deh of the 
Wolf Clan and then Tha-do-dah-ho appointed his (Ho-noh-we-yeh-dehs) 
uncles as follows:—Kon-weh-neh-senh-don of the Deer Clan and Ha-he- 
honk also of the Deer Clan and then their brothers as follows:—Ho- 
yonh-hye-neh of the Eel Clan and So-deh-kwa-seh also of the Eel Clan 
and Sa-ko-ken-heh of the Pigeon Hawk Clan, and then he (Tha-do-dah- 
ho) appointed the sons of the latter as follows:—Ho-sah-ha-we of the 
Deer Clan and Ska-nah-wa-de of the small Turtle Clan. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh spoke and said, We have now completed 
appointing the Lords of the Five Nations hereby represented. These 
Lords have now all been crowned with deer’s horns in conformity and 
in similar manner as Tha-do-dah-ho who was first crowned. Therefore 
we have now accomplished and completed the work of laying the founda- 
tion of this Confederation. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh spoke again and said, I will now lay before 
your Confederate Council for your consideration one matter and that is 
with reference to the conduct of the Chief Warriors of O-non-do-wa-ka 
(Senecas) who have refused to act in conjunction (or accord) with their 
Lords in accepting the message (of good tidings of Peace and Power.) 
Then the Lords sent messengers for these two Chief Warriors of the 
O-non-do-wa-ka (Senecas) to appear. And when they had come to the 
Council Lord Hah-yonh-wa-tha then addressed these two Chief Warriors 
and said, This Confederate Council now in session together with their 
Warriors have unanimously accepted the message of Peace and Power 
and only you two (Chief Warriors) have not yet done so and you have 
not expressed yourselves on this matter. Then Hah-yonh-wa-tha 
further said, This Confederate Council and their Chief Warriors have 
unanimously decided to leave all the power and control of the people 
in your hands if you accept the message so that in case of war with 
other Nations you shall be the leaders of the people of the Confederate 
Nations in defence of their Confederacy. Then one of these two Chief 
Warriors spoke and said, We will now agree to accept the message. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh continued his address and said, Now our 
power is full and complete, as the two Chief Warriors of the O-non-do- 
wa-ka (Senecas) have agreed to accept the message of good tidings; 
