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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  Foot 
  ; 
  Te-ha-tah-on-ten-yonk, 
  Two 
  Hanging 
  Ears 
  ; 
  Ha-nea- 
  

   tok-hae-yea, 
  Throat 
  lying 
  down 
  : 
  Ho-was-ha-tah-koo. 
  They 
  dis- 
  

   inter 
  Him. 
  

  

  The 
  Onondagas 
  have 
  14 
  chiefs 
  in 
  the 
  grand 
  council 
  : 
  Tah-too- 
  

   ta-hoo, 
  Entangled: 
  Ho-ne-sa-ha', 
  perhaps 
  The 
  Best 
  Soil 
  upper- 
  

   most; 
  Te-hat-kah-tous, 
  Looking 
  all 
  over; 
  O-ya-ta-je-wak. 
  Bit- 
  

   ter 
  in 
  the 
  Throat; 
  Ah-we-ke-yat. 
  End 
  of 
  the 
  Water; 
  Te-hah- 
  

   yut-kwa-ye. 
  Red 
  on 
  the 
  Wing: 
  Ho-no-we-eh-to, 
  He 
  has 
  disap- 
  

   peared 
  : 
  Ga-wen-ne-sen-ton, 
  Her 
  Voice 
  scattered 
  : 
  Ha-he-ho, 
  

   Spilling 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  ; 
  Ho-neo-nea-ne', 
  Something 
  was 
  made 
  

   for 
  Him, 
  or 
  was 
  Laid 
  down 
  before 
  Him 
  ; 
  Sha-de-gwa-se, 
  He 
  is 
  

   bruised 
  ; 
  Sah-ko-ke-he, 
  He 
  may 
  see 
  Them 
  ; 
  Hoo-sah-ha-hon, 
  

   Wearing 
  a 
  Weapon 
  in 
  his 
  Belt 
  ; 
  Ska-nah-wah-ti, 
  Over 
  the 
  Water. 
  

  

  The 
  Cayugas 
  had 
  10 
  chiefs 
  : 
  Te-ka-ha-hoonk. 
  He 
  looks 
  both 
  

   Ways; 
  Ta-ge-non-tah-we-yu, 
  Coming 
  on 
  its 
  Knees: 
  Ka-ta- 
  

   kwa-je. 
  It 
  was 
  bruised: 
  So-yone-wes, 
  He 
  has 
  a 
  Long 
  Wampum 
  

   Belt 
  ; 
  Ha-ta-as-yon-e, 
  He 
  p'uts 
  One 
  on 
  Another 
  ; 
  To-wen-yon-go, 
  

   It 
  touches 
  #ie 
  Sky 
  ; 
  Jote-to-wa-ko, 
  Cold 
  on 
  Both 
  Sides 
  ; 
  Ta-hah- 
  

   wet-ho, 
  flossy 
  Place 
  ; 
  Too-tah-he-ho, 
  Crowding 
  Himself 
  ; 
  Des- 
  

   kah-he, 
  Resting 
  on 
  It. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  eight 
  Seneca 
  chiefs 
  : 
  Kan-ya-tai-yo, 
  Beautiful 
  Lake 
  : 
  

   Sat-ta-kaa-yes. 
  Skies 
  of 
  Equal 
  Length 
  : 
  Sa-tea'-na-wat. 
  He 
  holds 
  

   on 
  to 
  It: 
  Sa-ken-jo-nah. 
  Large 
  Forehead: 
  Ga-noon-gay-e. 
  

   Threatened; 
  Xis-hi-nea-nent-hah, 
  The 
  Day 
  fell 
  down; 
  Kah- 
  

   none-ge-eh-tah-we. 
  They 
  burned 
  their 
  Hair; 
  Ta-ho-ne-ho-gah- 
  

   wen, 
  Open 
  Door. 
  

  

  The 
  Tuscaroras 
  have 
  nine 
  principal 
  chiefs, 
  who 
  are 
  : 
  Ta'-ha- 
  

   en-te-yah-wak-hon. 
  Encircling 
  and 
  holding 
  up 
  a 
  Tree, 
  which 
  

   is 
  also 
  the 
  council 
  name 
  ; 
  Sa-kwi-sa 
  or 
  Se-qua-ri-se-ra 
  : 
  Tah-ka- 
  

   ven-ten-ah 
  ; 
  Ta-wah-a-kate 
  : 
  Kah-en-yah-che-go-nah 
  : 
  Ta-ka-hen- 
  

   was-hen 
  : 
  Ho-tach-ha-ta 
  : 
  Xa-wah-tah-toke, 
  Two 
  ^Moccasins 
  

   Standing 
  together: 
  Sah-go-hone-date-hah. 
  The 
  One 
  that 
  spares 
  

   Another. 
  One 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  doubtful, 
  but 
  none 
  rank 
  in 
  

   the 
  council 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  the 
  others. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  chiefs 
  there 
  was 
  the 
  distinguished 
  rank 
  of 
  Agoian- 
  

   ders, 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  nobility 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  men 
  and 
  women, 
  often 
  referred 
  

  

  