﻿No. 
  30.] 
  101 
  

  

  selection 
  and 
  determination, 
  the 
  tomahawk 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  col- 
  

   lection, 
  with 
  a 
  belt 
  of 
  wampum, 
  as 
  a 
  token 
  of 
  his 
  sincerity. 
  By 
  

   the 
  belt 
  and 
  wampum 
  as 
  evidences 
  of 
  his 
  right, 
  Cornplanter 
  re-^ 
  

   quested 
  that 
  he 
  might 
  be 
  installed 
  as 
  a 
  chief 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  and, 
  

   title 
  of 
  Gy-ant-wa-ka. 
  0-ya-weh-teh 
  was, 
  accordingly, 
  raised 
  up 
  

   and 
  installed 
  as 
  the 
  successor 
  of 
  Cornplanter. 
  He 
  received 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Gy-ant-wa-ka, 
  and 
  retained 
  it 
  until 
  his 
  death, 
  which 
  hap- 
  

   pened 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1835. 
  Cornplanter, 
  from 
  his 
  resignation 
  

   until 
  his 
  death 
  in 
  1836, 
  was 
  known 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  -no-no. 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Canada, 
  his 
  effects 
  were 
  distributed 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  custom, 
  and 
  his 
  widow 
  retained 
  this 
  tomahawk 
  

   to 
  keep 
  as 
  a 
  family 
  relic. 
  She 
  kept 
  it 
  until 
  obtained 
  from 
  her 
  

   by 
  me. 
  4.t 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  purchased 
  it, 
  she 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  

   wampum 
  which 
  was 
  sent 
  with 
  the 
  tomahawk 
  by 
  Cornplanter, 
  

   had 
  all 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  other 
  purposes, 
  and 
  no 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  could 
  then 
  

   be 
  had. 
  The 
  tomahawk, 
  when 
  received 
  from 
  Cornplanter, 
  had 
  

   in 
  it 
  a 
  different 
  handle 
  from 
  the 
  present. 
  She 
  described 
  it 
  as 
  

   being 
  of 
  better 
  workmanship, 
  with 
  numerous 
  silver 
  ornaments 
  

   upon 
  each 
  side. 
  Upon 
  one 
  side 
  was 
  engraved 
  the 
  name 
  Gy-ant- 
  

   wa-ka 
  ; 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  reverse 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  John 
  Andrus, 
  who 
  was 
  

   doubtless 
  the 
  manufacturer. 
  

  

  Although 
  Cornplanter 
  designated 
  his 
  successor, 
  who 
  was 
  actu- 
  

   ally 
  installed, 
  and 
  acted 
  as 
  a 
  chief, 
  Cornplanter 
  was 
  never 
  in 
  fact 
  

   deposed. 
  He 
  ever 
  had 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  sitting 
  with 
  the 
  chiefe 
  in 
  

   council, 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  voice 
  in 
  their 
  deliberations. 
  

  

  He 
  continued 
  to 
  live 
  upon 
  his 
  reserve, 
  and 
  died 
  at 
  an 
  advanc- 
  

   ed 
  age 
  in 
  1 
  8 
  3 
  6 
  . 
  His 
  reservation 
  was 
  known 
  and 
  is 
  yet 
  distinguish- 
  

   ed[by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Ueo-no-sa-da-geh, 
  signifying 
  the 
  "Burnt 
  House." 
  

  

  All 
  which 
  is 
  respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  Ha-sa-no-an-da. 
  

   ELY 
  S. 
  PARKER. 
  

   Rochester^ 
  June 
  29th, 
  1850 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  It 
  was 
  contrary 
  to 
  the 
  custom 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  for 
  a 
  chief 
  

   to 
  resign 
  his 
  of&ce 
  and 
  appoint 
  his 
  successor. 
  But 
  in 
  this 
  in- 
  

   stance, 
  out 
  of 
  reverence 
  for 
  his 
  dream, 
  a 
  departure 
  from 
  their 
  an- 
  

   cient 
  customs 
  was 
  permitted. 
  E. 
  S. 
  P. 
  

  

  