Plate I 



MAP OF THE CENTRAL PORTION OF NEVV YORK 

 THE LONG HOUSE COUNTRY 



This area covers the principal region traversed by Dckanawida and Hiawatha in their efforts to effect the formation of the Five Nations' Confederacy. The dotted lines from Onondaga lake through the Mohawk 



valley shows approximately the route taken by Hiawatha in his journey to meet Dekanawida. 



