226 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Then he (De-ka-nah-wi-deh) said, You Ka-nyen-ke-ha-ka (Mo- 
hawk) you De-ka-ri-ho-ken, Hah-yonh-wa-tha and Sa-de-ka-rih-wa-deh, 
you shall sit in the middle between your brother Lords of the Mohawks, 
and your cousin Lords of the Mohawks, and all matters under discussion 
shall be referred to you by your brother Lords and your cousin Lords 
for your approval or disapproval. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You O-nen-do-wa-ka, (Senecas), you 
Ska-nya-dah-riyoh and Sa-deh-ka-ronh-yes, you shall sit in the middle 
or between your brother Lords and your cousin Lords of the Senecas 
and all matters under disussion shall be referred to you by them for 
your approval or disapproval. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You Oh-nen-yoh-de-ha-ka (Oneidas), 
you Oh-dah-tshe-deh, Ka-non-kwe-you-doh and De-you-hah-kwe-deh, 
you shall sit in the middle between your brother Lords and your cousin 
Lords of the Oneidas and all matters under discussion shall be referred 
to you by them for your approval or disapproval. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You the Que-yonh-kwe-ha-ka (Ca- 
yugas) you Deh-ka-eh-yonh and Ji-non-da-hwe-honh, you shall sit in 
the middle between your Lords and your cousin Lords of the Cayugas, 
and all matters under discussion shall be referred to you by them for 
your approval or disapproval. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, We have now completed arranging 
the system of our local Councils and we shall hold our Annual Con- 
federate Council at the settlement of Tha-do-dah-ho, the Capital or 
seat of Government of the Five Nations Confederacy. 
Constitution of the Five Nations Confederacy. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, Now I and you Lords of the Con- 
federate Nations shall plant a tree Ska-renh-heh-se-go-wah, (meaning 
a great tall and mighty tree) and we shall call it Jo-ne-rah-deh-seh-ko- 
wah (the tree of the great long leaves). 
Now this tree which we have planted shall shoot forth four great 
long white roots (Jo-deh-ra-ken-rah-ko-wah). These great long white 
roots shall shoot forth one to the North and one to the South and one 
to the East and one to the West, and we shall place on the top of it 
Oh-don-yonh (an eagle) which has a great power of long vision, and we 
shall transact all our business under the shade of this great tree. The 
meaning of planting this great tree Ska-renh-heh-se-go-wah is Ka-yah- 
ne-renh-ko-wa (which means Great Peace), and Jo-deh-ra-ken-rah-ko- 
wah (meaning good tidings of Peace and Power), and the Nations of 
the earth shall see it and shall accept and follow the root and shall 
arrive here at this tree and when they arrive here you shall receive them 
