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  [Senate 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  year 
  1810, 
  Cornplanter, 
  who 
  was 
  a 
  firm 
  believer 
  

   in 
  the 
  Indian 
  doctrines 
  respecting 
  the 
  communication 
  of 
  men 
  

   with 
  the 
  spirits 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  world, 
  had 
  a 
  dream. 
  His 
  dream, 
  as 
  

   tradition 
  preserves 
  it, 
  was, 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  had 
  a 
  sufficient 
  time 
  of 
  

   service 
  for 
  the 
  nation 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  now 
  grown 
  too 
  old 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  

   further 
  use, 
  either 
  as 
  a 
  warrior 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  counsellor, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  must 
  

   therefore 
  appoint 
  a 
  successor 
  ; 
  and, 
  further, 
  that 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   serve 
  the 
  continued 
  good 
  will 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit, 
  he 
  must, 
  remove 
  

   from 
  his 
  house 
  all 
  vestiges 
  or 
  relics 
  of 
  the 
  workmanship 
  and 
  in- 
  

   vention 
  of 
  white 
  men. 
  In 
  obedience^ 
  to 
  this 
  dream, 
  Cornplanlier 
  

   took 
  the 
  many 
  presents 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  him 
  by 
  

   Presidents 
  Washington 
  and 
  Adams, 
  and 
  burnt 
  them 
  up. 
  His 
  

   presents 
  consisted 
  of 
  the 
  full 
  uniform 
  of 
  an 
  American 
  officer, 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  an 
  elegant 
  sword, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  medals, 
  together 
  with 
  

   some 
  other 
  evidences 
  of 
  friendship. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  customary 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  when 
  any 
  one 
  has 
  had 
  a 
  

   dream, 
  to 
  announce 
  the 
  fact, 
  and 
  to 
  request 
  that 
  some 
  one 
  might 
  

   guess 
  it. 
  When 
  the 
  dream 
  is 
  guessed, 
  then 
  an 
  interpretation 
  is 
  

   requested. 
  This 
  custom 
  of 
  guessing 
  dreams 
  is 
  usually 
  practised 
  

   at 
  their 
  annual 
  or 
  New- 
  Year's 
  festivals. 
  This 
  course 
  was 
  adopt- 
  

   ed 
  by 
  Cornplanter 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  dream 
  above 
  adverted 
  to. 
  

   He 
  wandered 
  naked 
  for 
  three 
  days 
  from 
  house 
  to 
  house^ 
  to 
  find 
  

   some 
  one 
  competent 
  to 
  guess 
  his 
  dream. 
  Upon 
  the 
  third 
  day 
  

   having 
  entered 
  a 
  house 
  and 
  announced 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  had 
  

   a 
  dream, 
  he 
  expressed 
  a 
  desire 
  that 
  some 
  one 
  might 
  guess 
  it 
  

   The 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  (John 
  Grouse, 
  a 
  Seneca,) 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  

   relate 
  his 
  dream, 
  which 
  he 
  did, 
  the 
  substance 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  given 
  

   above. 
  Grouse 
  seeing 
  him 
  naked 
  and 
  shivering 
  with 
  cold, 
  said, 
  

   " 
  You 
  shall 
  henceforth 
  be 
  called 
  0-no-no," 
  (meaning 
  cold.) 
  This 
  

   signified 
  that 
  his 
  name 
  and 
  title 
  of 
  chief 
  as 
  Gy-ant-wa-ka, 
  had 
  

   passed 
  away. 
  Gornplanter 
  acknowledged 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  truly 
  ajxd 
  

   correctly 
  guessed. 
  

  

  In 
  obedience 
  to 
  his 
  dream, 
  Cornplanter 
  immediately 
  designated 
  

   his 
  successor. 
  He 
  chose 
  an 
  old 
  and 
  intimate 
  friend, 
  0-ya-wah- 
  

   teh, 
  (small 
  berry,) 
  knowu 
  under 
  the 
  English 
  name 
  of 
  Canada. 
  

  

  At 
  that 
  time 
  Canada 
  was 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  Tonawanda 
  reser- 
  

   vation, 
  and 
  Gornplanter 
  communicated 
  to 
  him 
  his 
  determination 
  

   of 
  making 
  him 
  his 
  successor 
  by 
  sending, 
  as 
  an 
  evidence 
  of 
  his 
  

  

  