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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  unselfish 
  man, 
  while 
  the 
  principal 
  Onondaga 
  chief 
  was 
  ambitious. 
  

   By 
  proposing 
  to 
  make 
  him 
  head 
  of 
  all, 
  he 
  at 
  last 
  secured 
  his 
  aid 
  

   and 
  the 
  league 
  was 
  formed. 
  It 
  is 
  curious 
  that 
  David 
  Cusick 
  

   said 
  nothing 
  of 
  Hiawatha, 
  while 
  he 
  described 
  fully 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  Atotarho, 
  nor 
  does 
  the 
  latter 
  come 
  into 
  Clark's 
  tale 
  of 
  

   Hiawatha. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  plainer 
  and 
  more 
  reasonable 
  accounts 
  the 
  best 
  is 
  that 
  

   of 
  Horatio 
  Hale, 
  who 
  grew 
  eloquent 
  over 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  this 
  Indian 
  

   sage. 
  That 
  his 
  enthusiasm 
  carried 
  him 
  too 
  far, 
  few 
  will 
  ques- 
  

   tion, 
  but 
  no 
  one 
  will 
  deny 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  subject 
  for 
  this. 
  

   Hiawatha 
  came 
  of 
  a 
  race 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  match 
  for 
  European 
  diplo- 
  

   macy 
  and 
  which 
  produced 
  many 
  high-minded, 
  heroic 
  and 
  chival- 
  

   rous 
  men. 
  

  

  Briefly 
  the 
  story 
  runs 
  like 
  this. 
  Hiawatha, 
  He 
  who 
  seeks 
  his 
  

   Lost 
  Mind 
  which 
  he 
  knows 
  where 
  to 
  find, 
  (the 
  Onondaga 
  inter- 
  

   pretation) 
  was 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  who 
  wished 
  the 
  kindred 
  nations 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  to 
  abolish 
  war 
  among 
  themselves. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  

   chief, 
  Tadodaho, 
  opposed 
  this, 
  being 
  a 
  grim 
  and 
  ferocious 
  war- 
  

   rior, 
  jealous 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  power. 
  At 
  a 
  national 
  council 
  he 
  defeated 
  

   the 
  project. 
  A 
  second 
  followed 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  result, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   third 
  one 
  Hiawatha 
  was 
  alone. 
  Then 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  

   with 
  many 
  adventures 
  on 
  the 
  way. 
  In 
  his 
  camp, 
  near 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  town, 
  some 
  young 
  men 
  found 
  him 
  stringing 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  

   wampum, 
  made 
  of 
  quills, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  explained. 
  Then 
  

   he 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  chief 
  Dekanawidah 
  met. 
  The 
  Mohawk 
  chief 
  

   approved 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  union, 
  and 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  ratified 
  it 
  in 
  coun- 
  

   cil. 
  The 
  Oneida 
  chief, 
  Otatshehteh, 
  was 
  consulted, 
  but 
  deferred 
  

   the 
  question 
  for 
  a 
  time. 
  On 
  his 
  approval 
  another 
  council 
  was 
  

   held 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  with 
  the 
  old 
  result. 
  Then 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  were 
  

   approached 
  and 
  gave 
  a 
  quick 
  consent. 
  Another 
  council 
  met 
  at 
  

   Onondaga 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  proposal 
  was 
  made. 
  Tadodaho 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  confederacy, 
  and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  were 
  to 
  keep 
  

   the 
  great 
  council 
  fire. 
  This 
  made 
  both 
  desirous 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  

   league. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  were 
  consulted, 
  and 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  military 
  

   commanders 
  was 
  offered 
  to 
  two 
  of 
  their 
  great 
  chiefs, 
  Ganyadariyo 
  

   and 
  Shadekaronyes. 
  On 
  their 
  acceptance 
  the 
  final 
  steps 
  were 
  

   taken 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  lake. 
  

  

  