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8. Rastawenseronthah, Ha'stawen'serontha*, Ha'stawen'sen'tha', 

 "He attaches rattles to it" (Hewitt) ; "Hanging up rattles" (Mor- 

 gan) ; "Puts on the rattles" (Hale) ; "Holding the rattles" (Chad- 

 wick) ; "Enters with rattle" (S, Gibson). What may be intended for 

 a series of three gourd rattles, one above another, is shown in the 

 pictograph. 



9. Shoskoarowaneh, Shosgoharo • 'waneh, Shosgoha-i'nan, "He the 

 great branch." "Great wood drift" was an interpretation favored by 

 Hale and Hewitt. But the outline of a tree branch appears clearly 

 on all lists of pictographs by Chief Charles, and on the cane. 



The latter three founders were of the Bear clan, and complete the 

 roster of Mohawk chiefs. 



The Oneida pictographs. — The following chiefs are considered 

 "Offspring" of the first. The reciprocal form "son of each other" 

 (Hale, 1883, p. 156), which would be the case with two intermarrying 

 moieties, appears in some versions, but generally the Oneida are 

 thought to be "Son" and the Mohawk "Father." 



ID. Odatshedeh, Ho'datche''de', "He bears a quiver" (by a forehead 

 strap), "He carries a fawn skin pouch" (Hewitt) ; "Bearing a quiver" 

 (Hale). "Carries a quiver" is the usual meaning. The pictograph is 

 a crude representation of the leading Oneida chief who has behind 

 his shoulder what may be interpreted as a quiver with two arrows. 

 Without knowing what was intended the drawing would be of little 

 help. The quiver idea is more prominent in Chief Charles' drawing. 



11. Kanongweniyah, Kanon'kwen'yo'don', "Standing ears of corn 

 (corncobs)," "One has set upright several ears of corn" (Hewitt) ; 

 "Setting up ears of corn in a row" (Hale). Such was the manner 

 of roasting corn (Morgan, 1901, vol. 2, p. 30). The pictograph is 

 an upright ear of corn. 



12. Deyohagwendeh, Deyo'ha'gwen'de', "Through the opening" 

 (?). The meaning is uncertain and interpretations vary. Hewitt 

 thought the aperture favored "It has a gullet," or "Difficult swal- 

 lower," ideas supported by the Charles drawings. "Between the 

 openings (of the forest)," said Simeon Gibson, on the authority of 

 the Deganawi'dah legend which describes this chief as passing without 

 trace through the forest. Morgan supports him. All these versions 

 were discussed in a note by Hale who favored "Open voice." Some 

 sort of aperture is intended by the drawing. 



These three were the Wolf clan chiefs, and were the presiding 

 group in the Oneida council. 



13. Shononses, Shonon'"ses, Shonon'hsese', "His house is very 

 long" (Hewitt); "His long house" (Hale). The gable of a house 



