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the Foot ; Te-ha-tah-on-ten-yonk, Two Hanging Ears ; Ha-nea- 

 tok-hae-yea, Throat lying down ; Ho-was-ha-i:ah-koo, They dis- 

 inter Him. 



The Onondagas have 14 chiefs in the grand council : Tah-too- 

 ta-hoo, Entangled ; Ho-ne-sa-ha', perhaps The Best Soil upper- 

 most ; Te-hat-kah-tous, Looking all over; O-ya-ta-je-wak, Bit- 

 ter in the Throat; Ah-we-ke-yat, End of the Water; Te-hah- 

 yut-kwa-ye, Red on the Wing ; Ho-no-we-eh-to, He has disap- 

 peared ; Ga-wen-ne-sen-ton, Her Voice scattered ; Ha-he-ho, 

 Spilling now and then ; Ho-neo-nea-ne', Something was made 

 for Him, or was Laid down before Him ; Sha-de-gwa-se, He is 

 bruised ; Sah-ko-ke-he, He may see Them ; Hoo-sah-ha-hon, 

 Wearing a Weapon in his Belt ; Ska-nah-wah-ti, Over the W^ater. 



The Cayugas had 10 chiefs : Te-ka-ha-hoonk, He looks both 

 Ways ; Ta-ge-non-tah-we-yu, Coming on its Knees ; Ka-ta- 

 kwa-je, It was bruised ; So-yone-wes, He has a Long Wampum 

 Belt ; Ha-ta-as-yon-e, He puts One on Another ; To-wen-yon-go, 

 It touches the Sky; Jote-to-wa-ko, Cold on Both Sides; Ta-hah- 

 wet-ho, Mossy Place ; Too-tah-he-ho, Crowding Himself ; Des- 

 kah-he, Resting on It. 



There are eight Seneca chiefs : Kan-ya-tai-yo, Beautiful Lake ; 

 Sat-ta-kaa-yes, Skies of Equal Length ; Sa-tea'-na-wat, He holds 

 on to It; Sa-ken-jo-nah, Large Eorehead ; Ga-noon-gay-e. 

 Threatened; Nis-hi-nea-nent-hah, The Day fell down; Kah- 

 none-ge-eh-tah-we. They burned their Hair ; Ta-ho-ne-ho-gah- 

 wen, Open Door. 



The Tuscaroras have nine principal chiefs, who are : Ta'-ha- 

 en-te-yah-wak-hon, Encircling and holding up a Tree, which 

 is also the council name; Sa-kwi-sa or Se-qua-ri-se-ra ; Tah-ka- 

 yen-ten-ah ; Ta-wah-a-kate ; Kah-en-yah-che-go-nah ; I'a-ka-hen- 

 was-hen ; Ho-tach-ha-ta ; Na-wah-tah-toke, Two Moccasins 

 Standing together; Sah-go-hone-date-hah, The One that spares 

 Another. One or two of these may be doul)tful. but none rank in 

 the council as high as the others: 



Besides the chiefs there was the distinguished rank of Agoian- 

 ders, a kind of nobility made up of men and women, often referred 



