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19. Adodarhonh, Dehadoda-'ho', Thadoda-'"ho*, "Ensnarled." Leg- 

 end gave the Onondaga shaman a head of snakes, which Hayowentha 

 and Deganawi'dah combed free. The pictograph is Medusa-like. This 

 office was formerly in the Bear clan, now Deer. 



20. Awennisera, One'sa''hen', Gane'sa''hen', meaning uncertain. 

 Hale's informant favored "Best soil uppermost" ; current Onondaga 

 opinion leans to gane'sa • 'hen, "On the middle of a field" (Skye). "A 

 tied bundle" (S. Gibson) ; "In the center of a coil, circle, or stretched 

 hide" (Skye). A circle with a dot in the center was drawn by Chief 

 Charles, but the symbol on the cane suggested a hide (or scalp) 

 stretched on a hoop, with a mark at its center. 



The Eulogy text makes this chief "cousin" of 19; Beaver clan 

 claims the office. 



21. Dehatkadons, Dehatga''don's, Tha • tga''dons, "He looks both 

 ways (or around), On watch." "Two-sighted" (vigilant) (Chad- 

 wick). The pictograph and the name offer a theory for interpreting 

 Janus-faced tobacco pipes from the area (Wardle, 1949). It seems 

 likely that a chief of this name would favor such a pipe, and the 

 theory has ethnological validity, since it is also supported by a Janus- 

 faced cane (pi. 4). Also Beaver clan. Twenty and twenty-one are 

 cousins of nineteen. 



22. Yadajiwakenh, Honya'dadji-'wak, Hoya'daji-'wak, "His throat 

 is sour (or black)," or "His sour body" (Skye). "Bitter body" 

 (Morgan), "Bitter throat" (Hale). The pictograph is of no help 

 in deciding the meaning. Small Plover or Snipe clan. This chief 

 and the next two form a phratry. 



23. Awekenyat, Awe*gen''hyat, "On the surface of the water." 

 "The end of its journey" (Hale). A water plant grows in strings 

 of vegetation in the creeks at midsummer, its ends trailing on the 

 surface (H. Skye). The figure with knob at top perhaps represents 

 this plant. The office is ascribed to Sharp-shinned Hawk clan ("Ball" 

 by error) (Hewitt). 



24. Dehayatgwareh, Dehaya'tgwa-'e', Thayatgwa-'e', "On one side 

 of his leaning body" (?) (Gibson) (Hale), "Both his wings are 

 outspread" (Skye). Hale got both interpretations. The pictograph 

 leans, but more nearly resembles a wing. "Red wings" (Chadwick). 

 Turtle clan. 



The first six Onondaga chiefs are "firekeepers," the executive com- 

 mittee of the Confederacy. Hale suggests that they may have been 

 originally of one clan, the Bear, that of their leader. 



25. Ononwireh(-tonh), Honowie''di', "He conceals, covers it" 

 (Gibson); "He causes it to sink" (H. Skye). Hale supports the 



