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Vessels called after Iroquois nations, 



317'. 



Viel, Father Nicholas, visit to 

 Hurons, 177'. 



Viele, Aernout Cornelisse, commis- 

 sion given to, 22,^-', sent to Onon- 

 daga, 251^; offends Onondagas, 

 229^ 



Vimont, Father, quoted, i86^ 



Virginia, Indian name, 231^, 269^; 

 boundary in, 268'; lands, 276^ 284^; 

 settles claims, 284"; fight with 

 Iroquois, 28I^ 



Virginia Indians, Senecas against, 

 268^ 



Visgher, Lieutenant, sent to Oswego, 

 288^ 



Vrooman, Captain, captured, 369'. 



Wampum, use, 141^; meaning, 142*; 

 inventor, 155'; making, 177*; re- 

 stored to old Onondaga in 1847, 

 379'. 



Wappingers, 138^; join Mohawks 

 against Mahicans, 2I9^ 



War chiefs, 1551 



War dance of Iroquois, 287*. 



Warwarsing, burned, 37ol 



Washington, George, mentioned, 

 312'. 



Wayne's victory, 277^- 



Weapons, 140". 



Weas, 1381 



Weaving, 140*. 



Webb, General, at Oneida portage, 

 3o8l 



Webster, Ephraim, cited, 149^^; 

 Hiawatha legend, 155°. 



Weiser, Conrad, official interpreter, 

 274^; adopted by Mohawks, 274"'; 

 agent between the Six Nations 

 and Pennsylvania, 275^; agent for 

 Iroquois and whites, 276*; at On- 

 ondaga, 277", 282^ 285^ 294*; 

 Indian account of, 281*; Iroquois 

 delegation at home of, 282*; on 

 character of Catawbas, 284*-85^; 

 aids Shikellimy, 289*; sent to Logs- 

 town, 290'', 296^; councils with Iro- 



quois, 291^; on French influence in 

 Onondaga, 294®; comes to the Mo- 

 hawks, 297*; at Albany council, 

 301*; death, 318°. 



Weiser, Frederick, on death of 

 chiefs son, 335'. 



Weiser, Samuel, succeeds Conrad 

 Weiser, 318". 



Wessel, Dirck, at Onondaga, 242^; 

 ambassador to French, 25 1^ 



Western Indians, hostile, 245^; 

 trouble with, 257", 277''; at Oswego, 

 292'; restive, 300^; councils with, 

 326', 373\ 375"; reproved, 337'; 

 summoned to Onondaga, 341*; 

 loyal, 352'. 



Wheelock, Rev. Eleazer, on Indian 

 education, 319', 348'; Indian school, 



324'. 

 White river, Iroquois settlement at, 



282^ 

 Wilkins, ^General, quoted, 2)7^^- 

 Willett, Col. Marinus, in command, 

 370'; attacked and defeated an 

 Indian force, 370'; defeats Butler, 

 370*; attempt on Oswego, 370°. 

 Williams, Colonel, killed, 303'. 1 



Williams, Roger, cited, 130" ; on 

 reputed cannibalism of Mohawks, 



I59^ 



Williamsburg, council at, 265*. 



Wills, 389'. 



Wilson, James Grant, cited, 130'. 



Winsor, Justin, cited, I30^ 



Winthrop, Governor, quoted, 207*. 



Wolcott, Oliver, mentioned, 372*. 



Wolves, 138*. 



Women, influence of, 167*; children 

 follow mother's clan, 167*; name 

 chiefs, 167*; speakers for, 167*; 

 owners of soil, 167^; double atone- 

 ment for their lives, 167°; peace- 

 makers, 244*; at councils, 3o6^ 



Wood creek, English forts, 260'. 



Woodbridge, Timothy, mentioned, 



347^ 

 Woolley, Joseph, mentioned, 348*. 

 Worship, 141^ 

 Wraxall, secretary to Johnson, 304'. 



