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like a network, he had a field of labor distinctively bis own and that 

 he excelled in it is witnessed by the following letter from the Honor- 

 able George S. Conover : 



To the Editor of the Morning Herald : 



The Seneca Indians have long been aware of the great interest that 

 George H. Harris of Rochester, N. Y., has manifested in resurrecting Indian 

 history, and the energy he has exhibited in locating the sites of their former 

 villages. On account of the remarkable success he has had in tracing out and 

 locating the Indian paths or trails that once laced the Genesee Valley, they 

 have recognized and called him the Pathfinder. A letter lately received from 

 Chester C. Lay, the United States interpreter for the Senecas on the Catta- 

 raugus reservation, says that in recognition of so eminent an Indianologist as 

 Mr. Harris has become, it has been decided to show their appreciation by 

 adopting him into the tribe and bestowing upon him the name of Ho-tar-shan- 

 nyooh, meaning " he has found the path," or " The Pathfinder." As Mr. Lay 

 is of the Wolf Clan, it necessarily follows that Mr. Harris among his Indian 

 brethren will be recognized as a member of the Wolf Clan, the same clan to 

 which Red Jacket belonged. This is a well merited tribute and worthily 

 bestowed, as Mr. Harris has been for many years a diligent and pains- 

 taking investigator of early local history, and has won for himself an enviable 

 reputation, being an acknowledged authority on Indian antiquities of the 

 region around Rochester and the Genesee Valley. 



Geneva, A'. V., February, i88q. (Signed) Hy-we-SAUS. 



In making researches Mr. Harris was struck by the prominent 

 part played in the early history of Western New York by Horatio 

 Jones, his name recurring again and again. He was a man of good 

 family, whose early training, coupled with a fine physique and 

 wonderful powers of endurance, eminently fitted him for the remark- 

 able sequence of adventures through which he passed. Running 

 away from home when a boy, to fight the Indians, he was captured, 

 made to run the gauntlet and finally adopted by a Seneca family. 

 Becoming master of the language and customs, he obtained the entire 

 confidence and esteem of the Indians and figured prominently in 

 many important treaties as interpreter. Indeed Mr. Harris found 

 this man to be so woven into the early history of the country that he 

 became impressed with the idea of making him the grand figure 

 around which to group the many startling scenes of early times. 

 This plan he carried out ; and in writing the life of Horatio Jones he 

 has written the history of the Genesee Country, at the same time 

 working in numerous incidents of Indian life, warfare, captivity, 

 hunting and sport, that will make the book of thrilling interest. 

 Before he laid down his pen forever he had brought his hero down to 

 a point where everything of historical value had been recorded, and 



