NO. 15 ROLL CALL OF IROQUOIS CHIEFS — FENTON 59 



dolence cane, it is important first to know how A. Spragg read the 

 pictographs, and next how Chief Charles, the principal whom he 

 represented in singing on the road, interpreted the titles. We are 

 dependent upon Hewitt's notes, and what the writer has learned from 

 contemporary informants. 



The Molmzvk pictographs. — i. Dekarihokenh (Newhouse, 1885), 

 Dega • iho • 'gen' (Charles, 1917), "It separates or divides the matter, 

 of two opinions, offices" (S. Gibson) ; "Between two statements" 

 (Hale, 1883, pp. 77-78); "Double speech" (Chadwick). The fork, 

 between parallel lines in this pictograph, appears in the Charles 

 lists (Hewitt and Fenton, 1945, p. 307). "Of two opinions" be- 

 cause he opposed the League, but was divided in thought, and 

 was finally appeased by accepting the leading chief ship of the Mohawk 

 (A. General). 



2. Ayonhwathah; Hayen'wen''tha', "He who combs" (Morgan); 

 "Seeks the wampum" (Hale) ; "He sifts with a bark sieve" (Hewitt) ; 

 "Early riser" (S. Gibson). This culture hero is said to have combed 

 the snakes from the hair of the Onondaga shaman, Thadoda-'ho', 

 straightening his mind. The first approached by Deganawi'dah, first 

 to cooperate, he could not sleep, and rose early and related his ex- 

 perience. They named him "Early riser" or "He who is awake" 

 (General). The pictograph suggests a comb. 



3. Sha'dekariwadeh, Sha'dega-ihwa-'de', "Matters of equal height, 

 level words." Five vertical marks, topped by a horizontal, express 

 the idea. 



These three Turtle clan chiefs formed the first phratry of founders. 



4. Sharenhowaneh, Shaenho • 'na', "He the great tree trunk"; 

 "Great tree top" (Hale); "Loftiest tree" (Chadwick). The lofty 

 tree with great branches and bifed roots is depicted. 



5. Deyoenhegwenh, Deyon'heh'gwi", "It lives by two life givers" 

 (Hewitt) ; "Double Hfe" (Hale) ; "Tenacious of Hfe." This is 

 properly the name of a certain shrub, which has great tenacity of Hfe, 

 according to Chief George Johnson (Hale 1883, p. 155), and pos- 

 sibly this is the plant so carefully illustrated. One of the ferns 

 (Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott.) has this name. The 

 name is also associated with the cultivated plants, corn particularly. 



6. Orenregowah, Oenhe"go-na", "Great white eagle" (Hewitt). 

 Such a bird is depicted. Hale's theory does not apply. 



This was the number of the Wolf clan chiefs. 



7. Dehennakarineh, Dehenna'ga-i'ne*, Tehenna'kariine', "His two 

 horns are moving along, dragging antlers." The pictograph is of an 

 antler, the symbolic horn of office. 



