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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  to 
  sing, 
  and 
  his 
  comrades 
  responded. 
  He 
  promenaded 
  in 
  that 
  

   great 
  place 
  as 
  in 
  a 
  theater. 
  He 
  made 
  a 
  thousand 
  gestures, 
  he 
  

   looked 
  at 
  the 
  sky, 
  he 
  faced 
  the 
  sun, 
  he 
  rubbed 
  his 
  hands." 
  The 
  

   presents 
  were 
  made 
  and 
  explained 
  in 
  a 
  soberer 
  tone, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   concluding 
  words 
  followed. 
  " 
  His 
  manner 
  and 
  Avords 
  were 
  much 
  

   praised. 
  He 
  intoned 
  some 
  songs 
  between 
  his 
  presents, 
  he 
  danced 
  

   for 
  rejoicing; 
  in 
  short 
  he 
  showed 
  himself 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  actor." 
  

  

  Intoning 
  was 
  often 
  used 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  a 
  message 
  or 
  meaning 
  

   was 
  quoted. 
  When 
  Cammerhoft 
  and 
  Zeisberger 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  council 
  in 
  1750, 
  a 
  chief 
  had 
  a 
  message 
  to 
  deliver 
  from 
  

   the 
  Nanticokes 
  : 
  ' 
  To 
  our 
  astonishment 
  an 
  old 
  Oneida 
  began 
  to 
  

   sing 
  the 
  message 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  for 
  the 
  council 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  high 
  

   tenor 
  voice. 
  He 
  continued 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  an 
  hour." 
  The 
  

   Moravians 
  explained 
  their 
  belt 
  and 
  string 
  to 
  Canassatego, 
  and 
  

   he 
  spoke 
  for 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  council. 
  " 
  He 
  at 
  once 
  showed 
  them 
  the 
  

   Fathom 
  of 
  Wampum 
  and 
  belt, 
  and 
  intoned 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  Indian 
  

   fashion 
  the 
  significance 
  of 
  each." 
  

  

  Besides 
  pantomime 
  and 
  songs 
  there 
  were 
  early 
  customs 
  in 
  

   speaking 
  which 
  have 
  ceased. 
  When 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  was 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  

   in 
  1654, 
  he 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  was 
  the 
  full 
  space 
  of 
  two 
  hours 
  making 
  all 
  

   my 
  harangue 
  in 
  the 
  tone 
  of 
  a 
  captain, 
  promenading 
  after 
  their 
  

   custom, 
  like 
  an 
  actor 
  on 
  a 
  stage." 
  

  

  Chapter 
  3 
  

  

  Clans 
  and 
  their 
  divisions. 
  Totemic 
  bond. 
  Line 
  of 
  descent. 
  Migrations. 
  

   Date 
  of 
  League. 
  Carrier's 
  visit. 
  Mohawks 
  leave 
  Canada. 
  Traces 
  of 
  

   them 
  there. 
  Iroquois 
  war. 
  Algonquins 
  at 
  Montreal. 
  First 
  Mohawk 
  

   towns 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Age 
  of 
  Huron 
  nations. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  great 
  and 
  probably 
  original 
  clans 
  found 
  in 
  each 
  

   Iroquois 
  nation 
  are 
  the 
  Bear, 
  Wolf 
  and 
  Turtle, 
  and 
  without 
  these 
  

   no 
  council 
  was 
  valid. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Oneidas 
  had 
  only 
  

   these, 
  but 
  the 
  others 
  had 
  supplementary 
  clans, 
  varying 
  in 
  names 
  

   and 
  number. 
  L. 
  H. 
  Morgan 
  gave 
  five 
  of 
  these 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas: 
  

   the 
  Beaver, 
  Deer, 
  Snipe, 
  Heron 
  and 
  Hawk. 
  To 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  he 
  

   assigned 
  the 
  Snipe, 
  Eel, 
  Beaver, 
  Deer 
  and 
  Hawk, 
  but 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  say 
  that 
  all 
  Eels 
  belong 
  to 
  them. 
  To 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  he 
  

  

  