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33 Dehkaehyonh 



34 Kajinondawehhon 



35 Katawarasonh 



36 Shoyonwese 



CAYUGAS 



37 Now held by a Waka- 



nehdodeh or pine 

 tree chief 



38 Dyonyonhgo 



39 Dehyoridhowehgo 



40 Dyonwatehon 



41 Atontaraheha 



42 Deskaheh 



43 Skanyadahehyoh 



44 Sadehkaonhyeas 



45 Skakenjowane 



46 Kanohkye 



47 Nisharyenen 



48 Satvenawat 



49 Kanonkeedawe 



50 Deyonnehohkaweli 



Sagwarithra 



Nehawenaha 



Tyogwawaken 



Nakayendenh 



Dehg'wadehha 



TUSCARORAS 



Nehchanenagon 



Nayonkawehha 



Nayonchakden 



Karihdawagen 



Thanadaksrwa 



Karinyenta 



Nehnokaweh 



Nehkahehwathea 



Sakokarves 



NANTICOKES 



Rarihwetveha 



These have become official titles, and some frequently appear in 

 Indian history for nearly three centuries past, but do not always 

 represent the clans to which they once belonged, nor is their mean- 

 ing always clear, though most are well ascertained. These will be 

 given by numbers and varying interpretations noted. 



1 Tzvo voices, but Morgan makes it neutral, or the shield. 2 In 

 Morgan, the man who combs. Hale interpreted it as one who 

 seeks the wampum belt. From Rev. Albert Cusick, the writer had 

 the meaning of one zvho looks for Jvis mind, which he has lost but 

 knozvs where to find, Hiawatha's plans being thought visionary by 

 his people. 3 Tzvo stories in one, or the same story from tzvo per- 

 sons. Hale interprets it as tzvo equal statements or other equal 

 things, and Morgan as endless. 4 He is a high tree with large 

 branches. Morgan interprets it as em-all speech. 5 Double life, or 

 that which we live on. Morgan renders it at the forks, a natural 

 result of his spelling. 6 Large flower. In Morgan, at the great 

 river. 7 Going with tzvo horns, or tzvo horns lying down. Morgan 

 has dragging his horns. 8 He puts on or holds the rattles. Mor- 

 gan has it hanging up rattles. 9 He is a great drift of zvood; 

 according to Morgan, even tempered. 



These were the nine Mohawk councilors, Dekanawidah not being 

 reckoned. Both he and Hiawatha are said to have been Onondagas 

 adopted by the Mohawks. 



