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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Senecas, origin, 133', 134', 135*; 

 serpent story, 134^; Iroquois known 

 to Dutch as Maquas and, 135", 

 159^; clans, 144®; manner of advent, 

 147^; last to join alliance, 148^; 

 date of joining league, 149^; 

 chiefs, 154", 158^ 390'; removals 

 from exposed to secluded situa- 

 tions, 161^; lake of, 162'^; nations 

 first called, 162^; numbers, 163^ 

 210', 224', 277', 291', 324', 384', 

 385'; territory, 163^ 163^ 17 f ; 

 common name Algonquin, 163®; 

 Delaware name, 163^; council 

 name, 163^; symbols, 164'; elder 

 brother, 164^; kill ambassadors 

 sent to Mohawks, 175^; defeat 

 Hurons, 178^; war with Hurons, 

 i8i^ 193°; destroy Kahkwahs, 

 181^-82^; destroy Neutral village, 

 192®; war with Eries, 203^; tradi- 

 tion of Erie war, 203^; almost at 

 war with Mohawks, 205*; trouble 

 with Mohawks settled by arbitra- 

 tion, 208*; come to Fort Orange, 

 211^; capture Ottawas, 220^; 

 dictionary, 221°; wish to exter- 

 minate Susquehannas, 223®; towns, 

 224'', 324"; continue to send bands 

 against the Illinois, 225®; one 

 killed by Illinois visitors, 226®; go 

 against the Miamis, 232^; attacked 

 by French, 233^; towns abandoned, 

 233%- towns taken possession of by 

 De Nonville, 233^; making snow- 

 shoes, 239^; harassed by western 

 Indians, 239^; war with Miamis, 

 245°; killed by western Indians, 

 249'; killed by Dowaganhaes, 252^; 

 losses, 252*^; conference with, 254''; 

 Joncaire goes to, 254"; return 

 prisoners, 255°; missionaries sent 

 to, 255^; side with French, 259'^; 

 chiefs at Conestoga council, 260"; 

 covenant with English, 260®; return 

 with Delawares, 262°; under 

 French influence, 262^; council at 

 Montreal, 263"; council with 

 Governor Vaudreuil, 265^ 304*; vil- 

 lage at Niagara, 265%* English 



embassy to, 266^; chief sachem, 

 268°; blacksmith among, 270", 290^; 

 order Shawnees to return east, 

 274*^; chief killed by Shawnees, 

 275^-76'', go to see Governor de 

 Beauharnois, 280'^ ; war with Cataw- 

 bas, 28i\ 293", 312'; famine among, 

 281°; epidemic among, 286^; send 

 wampum to English, 288^; friend- 

 ship for English, 288^; invade 

 Montreal, 289"; expel Joncaire, 

 290^; chiefs at Philadelphia, 292^ 

 373^', from Ganuskago, 305*; 

 women at councils, 306^; at Ni- 

 agara, 309*'; neutral, 310°, 377'^; 

 come to Fort Johnson, 31 1"; con- 

 ference with Cherokee chiefs, 311°; 

 fight against Catawbas and 

 English, 312'; hostile, 321^; kill 

 English soldiers, 322^; peace with, 

 326\ 326**; council with Johnson, 

 335^; most numerous of Iroquois, 

 339^; two released, 342'; union belt 

 placed with, 345^ ; seven condemned 

 to death, 345^; in Philadelphia, 

 360-; towns burned, 365^; join Sir 

 John Johnson in Schoharie valley, 

 369*; number employed by English, 

 371"; towns visited by Colonel 

 Proctor, 374*; boundaries settled, 

 378'; treaties, 379'; at battle of 

 Tippecanoe, 382^; aid in defense of 

 Buffalo, 383'; west of the Mis- 

 sissippi, number, 384®; religious 

 division, 385"; land sales, 385^ 



Sepulture, 141^ 



Sergeant, Rev. John, mentioned, 347'. 



Severance, Frank H., cited, 130°. 



Seyffert, Anton, mentioned, 295\ 



S'ganatees, 297*. 



Shadekaronyes, I56^ 



Shamokin (Pa.), fort at, 319*; 

 council at, 335^ 



Shamokin lands, 30I^ 



Shaounons, 1381 



Shawnees, other names, 138'; driven 

 off, 150"; at war, 261^, 343'^; con- 

 trolled by Iroquois, 269^; rebuked 

 by Iroquois, 269^ 340'; called 

 women, 272'; ordered to return 



