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38. Deyohronyonkoh, Deyoen'hyon'go' (Oa.j, or Thowen'hyon'go', 

 Deyoron'hyon'go" (C), "Reaches the sky." A line is drawn to the 

 celestial dome. Heron clan now has this title, although Charles and 

 Hale assign it to Wolf. 



39. Deyothorehgwen, Deyot"howe''gwi" (Oa.), Deyot'oweh'gwen' 

 (C), "Doubly cold." Duality is again expressed in a double-lensed 

 ideograph. Wolf clan. 



40. Dawenhethon, Diyawen'het''hon' (Oa.), Deyonhwe • 't'on (C), 

 "Two things happen" (double event) (Gibson) ; Thaowethon, "Mossy 

 place" (Hale). The pictograph remains obscure. The title has been 

 transferred from Wolf to Snipe clan, since Hale's day. 



Three is the number of colleagues in the third Cayuga group, but 

 the next, 41, belongs to the same phratry. He and his colleague, 42, 

 who controls the second group, are of opposite moieties and therefore 

 "cousins." They two are the "doorkeepers" of the Cayuga council. 



41. Wadondaherha, Hadonda'he''ha' (Oa.), Hadonda'he • ha (C), 

 "He commences it" (Gibson), "He shoulders a log" (H. Skye), an 

 interpretation which is sustained by the pictograph of a man support- 

 ing a round object on one shoulder. "Crowding himself in" (Hale). 

 Snipe clan. 



42. Deskae, Desga''he-', Desga-''he', "He does something" (?); 

 Heskahe, "Resting on it" (Hale). It is not clear what this title means 

 or what the founder did. The present holder of the title, Chief Alex 

 General of the Upper Cayuga band at Sour Springs, holds that the 

 name means "More than eleven." He is of the Bear clan. The picto- 

 graph remains obscure. 



This ends the Cayuga roster. 



From here on the singer looks toward the end of the cane. 



The Seneca pictographs. — "And then his father's clansmen," says 

 the Eulogy. The Seneca as brothers of the Mohawk and Onondaga 

 are uncles to the Cayuga, their offspring. 



43. Skanyadariyoh, Skanyadai'iyo' (Oa.), Ganioda-'yo' (S.), 

 "Handsome lake," literally, "It is a very large lake." The pictograph 

 stands for water. Turtle clan. 



The Seneca councilors are linked in pairs of opposite moieties. Each 

 member of the four pairs calls his colleague by the reciprocal, cousin. 



44. Shadekaronyes, Sha'degaen"hyes (Oa.), Tca'dage'onye • s (S.), 

 "Skies of equal length," "Level heavens" (Morgan). The pictograph 

 is two curved lines of corresponding length and arc, representing the 

 celestial dome. This founder was leader of the second great division 

 of the Senecas, and Snipe clan has consistently held the title both in 



