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" The first matter which I shall lay before ypu for your con- 

 sideration is that as clans ^ are already established among the 

 people, that the several clans form relations as brothers and 

 cousins. 



So the lords answered and said : " We have decided to adopt 

 your suggestion." 



Then he, Dekanahwideh said : " You, Hahyonhwatha, shall be 

 the first to come and appoint your colleagues ; you are of the Turtle 

 Clan and shall therefore appoint your colleagues of the same clan." 



Then when this was done Hahyonhwatha said : " This is now 

 all ready, they have accepted and they are as follows: De-ha-rih- 

 ho-ken, Sa-de-ka-rih-wa-deh." 



Then Dekanahwideh said : " These shall therefore be your 

 brother colleagues, you of the Turtle Clan. The brethern of the 

 Wolf Clan shall be Sa-renh-ho-wa-neh,^ De-yon-heh-kon ^ and On- 

 renh-reh-ko-wah ^ and our cousins of the Bear Clan ^ shall be 

 De-hen-nah-ke-re-neh,^ Ah-stah-weh-seh-ron-ron-tha ^ and Soh- 

 sko-ha-roh-wa-neh." ^ 



Then Dekanahwideh said : " You, Hahyonhwatha, have now 

 completed appointing your colleagues of your nation, as the Good 

 Tidings of Peace and Power first originated at Kan-yen-geh, you 

 shall be called Ka-nyen-geh^^^ha-kah ^ (Mohawk) " 



Then DeKanahwideh said to Hahyonhwatha : " Now it shall fall 

 upon your son Ohdahtshedeh who sits upon the opposite side of 

 the council fire to appoint his brother colleagues." Then Ohdaht- 

 shedeh appointed his brother colleagues of the Turtle Clan as 

 follows: So-non-sehs ^° (Long House), Tho-nahonh-ken-ah ^^ and 

 A-tye-donj-eneh-tha.^^ And then he, Ta-na-o-ge-a, appointed his 

 cousins of the Bear Clan as follows : Deh-ha-da-weh-de-yons,^^ Deh- 

 ha-nyen-da-sah-deh ^* and Roh-wa-tsha-don-hon.^'^. These being the 



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1 In some traditions the origin of the clans is stated as coeval with the 

 beginning of the Confederacy; the more accurate view is that clans had long 

 existed. 



2 Saihowa'ne. 



3 Dionhekwi. 



sHo'Sgwfh^ . ^''^^'^'^'' n^,f^ M^L^ 



6 Dehenagai'ne', Dragging horns. 



■^ Hastame'se"ta', Dropped rattle. 



s Soskohai'ine'. 



^ Kanye"geha'ka, Flint people; cf. kanyenge', flinty place. 

 ^° Sono"s'es. 

 ^^ Tonaoge°"a. 



^2 Hadya'donent'ha, Swallows his own body. 

 13 Dehadaho"de°yonk. 

 1* Dehanye'dasayeii', Two legs together. 

 ^3 Howashado"onkho'. 



