WAMPUM AND SHELL ARTICLES 417 
design, for all the world like the chains of dolls which are cut out 
of paper to amuse children. 
Mr Krehbiel referred to a photograph procured by Horatio Hale 
in September 1871, when he gathered six Iroquois chiefs on the 
Canadian reservation near Brantford. “There all the wampum 
belts were brought and their meaning was explained to Mr Hale. 
A photograph of the group preserves the incident.” The chiefs 
present were all well known, but many years later the picture and 
chiefs did duty in an unexpected way. If the reader is curious in 
the matter, he will find all, including the names, in the United 
States census of the Six Nations of New York for 1890, under the 
title, “ Reading the wampum, 1890,’ and with this note, “The 
reading of the wampums to the representatives of the tribes 
gathered at St Regis makes a suggestive picture.” Then follow 
the names of the chiefs given by Mr Hale many years before. In 
the picture over a dozen belts appear. On the back of the photo- 
graph here used, from which the illustration mentioned was taken, 
Mr Hale wrote: 
This picture represents the chiefs of the Six Nations, on their 
reserve near Brantford in Canada, explaining their wampum belts. 
Peepers 1670) . Phese chieis were 
I Joseph Snow (Hahriron) Onondaga chief 
2 George H. M. Johnson (Deyonhehgon) Mohawk chief and gov- 
ernment interpreter. Son of no 4 
3 John Buck (Skanawatih) Onondaga chief and wampum keeper 
4 John Smoke Johnson (Sakayenkwaraton) Mohawk chief and 
speaker of the council 
5 Isaac Hill (Kawenenseronton) Onondaga chief and fire keeper 
_ 6 Seneca Johnson (Kanonkeredawth) Seneca chief 
The wampum belts were explained to me on the reserve, at the 
residence of Chief G. H. M. Johnson; and at my request the chiefs 
afterwards came with me to Brantford, where the original photo- 
graph (of which this is a copy) was taken.—H. Hale. Clinton Ont. 
Quite a difference will be noticed between the Indian names here 
and in the census report, while the English names are the same. 
Frequent correspondence with Mr Hale enables the writer to say 
that the above is an absolutely true copy. The numbers are to be 
read from left to right in fig. 281. One face has been turned. 
