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rlhouiosta, 'I believe' (JR 13 : 191). 



oniondechanonkhron, 'Our countries are different,' 'You have your 

 ways of doing and we have ours' (JR 13:213; cf. above). 



onanonharatan, 'What will you have? Our brains are disordered' 

 (JR13:235). 



ho, ho, ho, echiongnix et sagon achitec, 'Ah, my nephew, I thank you ; 

 be of good heart for the morrow' ( JR 13 : 255). 



theandihar, the Polar Star ( JR 14 : 83) . 



etsagon ihouaten etsagon taouacaratat, 'Courage, nephew, courage, 

 take care of us' ( JR 14 : 95) . This phrase was used m speakmg to 

 the Lord and was the usual phrase by which the old men addressed 

 the young men ( JR 14 : 95-97) . 



ho, ho, ho, said when they accepted the conclusion of a chief ( JR 15 : 

 117; cf. S below). 



chay, 'Good day' (used as the usual greeting) (JR 15: 161-163) ; cf. 

 kwai (JR 10:183) and cway (JR 10:275) and quoye (S below). 



aronhiac esTcenonteta, 'I'm going to Heaven, then' (JR 17: 109). 



aondechichiai taitene, 'You have made the earth, have pity on me' 

 (JR18:27). 



taouskeheati iatacan, 'It is a strange thing, my brother' (JR 19 : 147). 



io sahhrihotat de sarahounentai, onne ichien aihei aronhiae eeth de 

 eihei, 'Sun, who are witness of my torments, listen to my words; I 

 am at the point of death ; but after this death, Heaven shall be my 

 dwelling' (said by an Iroquois prisoner after having ascended the 

 scaffold) (JR21:171). 



quio ackwe, 'Come, let us go away together' ( JR 21 : 205) . 



onhoua etsitenroutaoua, 'We will tear you out of the earth as a poi- 

 sonous root' (an expression used to threaten those suspected of 

 being sorcerers when they wished to kill them) ( JR 23 : 135) . 



ao\ an audience expression of approval (on giving gifts to a chief 

 . being raised up) ( JR 23 : 169) . 



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quoye, greeting (S 74) with approximately the meaning of 'What is 

 it, what do you say.' It was used with friends and enemies. The 

 reply was quoye or more courteously, yatoro (my friend), attaquen 

 (my brother), etc. (S85). 



agnonha, 'the French' (literally, "iron people" because before the 

 French arrived the Indians did not know what iron was (S 79-80) ) . 



anderoqua, 'birch bark bucket' (S 83) . 



ho, ho, ho, salutation of joy; the sound ho, ho, ho made as if laughing 

 (S85). 



ogochin, 'feast' (S 110). 



sasGoinronte, 'bearded,' 'you have a beard' (S 137). 



teondion or tescaondion, 'You have no sense' (S 138). 



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