﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  157 
  

  

  David 
  Cusick, 
  however, 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Bear 
  tribes 
  nominate 
  the 
  

   Chief 
  Warrior 
  of 
  the 
  nation. 
  The 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  confederation 
  pro- 
  

   vides 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  to 
  furnish 
  a 
  King, 
  and 
  the 
  Mouhawks 
  a 
  

   great 
  war 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations." 
  In 
  his 
  own 
  peculiar 
  way 
  he 
  

   described 
  the 
  first 
  ruler 
  : 
  

  

  About 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  Five 
  Families 
  become 
  independent 
  nations, 
  

   and 
  they 
  formed 
  a 
  council 
  fire 
  in 
  each 
  nation, 
  etc. 
  Unfortunately 
  

   a 
  war 
  broke 
  out 
  among- 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  : 
  during 
  the 
  unhappy 
  

   differences 
  the 
  Atotarho 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  hostile 
  chief, 
  resided 
  at 
  the 
  

   fort 
  Onondaga 
  ; 
  his 
  head 
  and 
  body 
  was 
  ornamented 
  with 
  black 
  

   snakes 
  ; 
  his 
  dishes 
  and 
  spoons 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  skulls 
  of 
  the 
  enemy 
  ; 
  

   after 
  a 
  while 
  he 
  requested 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  change 
  his 
  dress, 
  the 
  

   people 
  immediately 
  drove 
  away 
  the 
  snakes. 
  

  

  His 
  name 
  of 
  Tatotarho 
  or 
  Tadodaho, 
  The 
  Entangled, 
  alludes 
  to 
  

   this 
  mythic 
  feature. 
  The 
  principal 
  Onondaga 
  chief, 
  however, 
  

   was 
  often 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  council 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  nation, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  

   by 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  another 
  official 
  title. 
  Cusick 
  enumerated 
  13 
  

   successive 
  Atotarhos 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  discovery, 
  and 
  

   there 
  have 
  been 
  several 
  since. 
  An 
  attempt 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  fix 
  

   the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  league 
  from 
  this, 
  but 
  the 
  results 
  are 
  not 
  reliable. 
  

  

  The 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  50 
  principal 
  chiefs 
  follow, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  dialect. 
  They 
  vary 
  in 
  the 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Mohawk, 
  in 
  the 
  

   latter 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  commonly 
  sung 
  at 
  condolences. 
  The 
  

   Mohawk 
  chiefs 
  are 
  nine 
  : 
  Te-kie-ho-ke 
  n 
  , 
  Two 
  Voices 
  ; 
  Hi-e- 
  

   wat-ha, 
  One 
  who 
  seeks 
  his 
  Lost 
  Mind 
  which 
  he 
  knows 
  where 
  

   to 
  find 
  ; 
  Shat-e-kie-wat-he, 
  Two 
  Stories 
  in 
  One, 
  i. 
  e. 
  the 
  same 
  

   story 
  from 
  two 
  persons 
  ; 
  Sah-e-ho'-na, 
  He 
  is 
  a 
  Tree 
  with 
  Large 
  

   Branches 
  ; 
  Te-yon-ha'-kwen, 
  That 
  which 
  we 
  live 
  on 
  ; 
  O-weh- 
  

   he-go-na, 
  Large 
  Flower 
  ; 
  Te-hah-nah-gai-eh-ne, 
  Two 
  Horns 
  

   lying 
  down 
  ; 
  Has-tah-wen-sent-hah, 
  Holding 
  the 
  Rattles 
  ; 
  Sau- 
  

   te-gai-e-wat-ha, 
  Plenty 
  of 
  Large 
  Limbs 
  on 
  a 
  Tree. 
  

  

  The 
  Oneida 
  chiefs 
  are 
  also 
  nine, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  O-tat-sheh-te 
  or 
  

   Tat-sheh-te, 
  Bearing 
  a 
  Quiver 
  ; 
  Ga-no-gwen-u-ton, 
  Setting- 
  up 
  

   Ears 
  of 
  Corn 
  in 
  a 
  Row 
  ; 
  Ty-o-ha-gwen-te, 
  Open 
  Voice 
  ; 
  Sho- 
  

   non-ses, 
  His 
  Long 
  House 
  ; 
  To-na-oh-ge-na, 
  Two 
  Branches 
  of 
  

   Water 
  ; 
  Hat-ya-ton-nent-ha, 
  He 
  swallows 
  his 
  Own 
  Body 
  from 
  

  

  