Ononda&a !^astle,Ne.wYork '' " 



To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS Mi-y COME. &B£1;TI' 



In recognition of the fact th'-it on the 29"' d , ' ,'898 the On 



Univ-ersitij of the State of New York 



THE KEEPER OF THE WAMPUM AND THE WAMPUM RECORDS 

 of the Ononjoa&a Nation and of the FiveNations and the Six Nations, and did at that time sell and convey 

 with the duty and right to keep, hold and recover ail the national wampums of said nations; 



And further, in recognition of the foct thot tMe State Museum, a department of the University 

 the State of New York, was designoted by said Un versity as the custodian of said wompums ond that ; 

 nient for said wampums was made from the funds of said State Museum^ and also oftlie factthot, by vin 

 of chapter 493 of the laws of 1896, the New York State Museum is the custodian of all historical records '" i 

 relics in the possession of the State whose custody is not otherwise specificolly provided for" '^i; '^.v: ir ,i v 

 of which facts the NewYork State Museum is the custodian ofthe nationahvampum-- 



1, Baptist Thomas, chief of the Onondaga Nation, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do ht^v 

 give ond bestow upon the Director of the NewYork State Museum and upon his successors in office i) 

 authority during their term of service forevei-; tlif r:r/ric 



HO-S?N-NA-^.H-TEH ^,(^-!^liil,V%%l^%-|,T,Cl,-^i;% N.^..P^..P.H 



which name shall be recognized by alMRoauois Nations and by all peopl'e as the off • 



'i'.P ^, ,^-rviQ|/jN OF THE WAMPUMS OF THE IrOQUOIS fif THi' Sj^TI .. r NfvvYoRK 



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