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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  sent 
  belts 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  an 
  instance 
  having 
  just 
  come 
  to 
  light. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  these 
  belts 
  might 
  still 
  remain, 
  though 
  most 
  were 
  dis- 
  

   regarded. 
  If 
  any 
  secret 
  hatchet 
  remained 
  still 
  w 
  T 
  ith 
  the 
  Ohio 
  

   Indians, 
  they 
  desired 
  to 
  take 
  it 
  away 
  and 
  bury 
  it 
  forever. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  22 
  

  

  Indian 
  customs 
  and 
  language. 
  Mohawk 
  missions 
  and 
  books. 
  Shawnees 
  at 
  

   Scioto. 
  Death 
  of 
  Thomas 
  King. 
  Second 
  Scioto 
  council. 
  Bad 
  belts. 
  Three 
  

   notices 
  before 
  war. 
  Trouble 
  with 
  pioneers. 
  Guy 
  Johnson 
  to 
  be 
  Sir 
  

   William's 
  successor. 
  Council 
  at 
  Johnson's. 
  Logan's 
  family 
  killed. 
  Seneca 
  

   prisoners 
  released. 
  Death 
  of 
  Sir 
  William. 
  Condolence. 
  Council 
  with 
  Guy 
  

   Johnson. 
  Bunt's 
  successor. 
  Kayashuta. 
  Union 
  belt. 
  Iroquois 
  emigrants. 
  

   Religious 
  troubles. 
  

  

  In 
  that 
  year 
  Johnson 
  gave 
  Arthur 
  Lee 
  an 
  interesting 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  customs 
  and 
  language 
  of 
  the 
  Indians. 
  The 
  nearer 
  tribes 
  

   had 
  lost 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  old 
  customs, 
  blending 
  some 
  English 
  with 
  

   others, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  difficult 
  to 
  trace 
  them 
  back 
  or 
  account 
  for 
  

   them. 
  Some 
  farther 
  off 
  had 
  been 
  affected 
  by 
  intercourse 
  with 
  

   traders, 
  but 
  retained 
  many 
  customs 
  whose 
  origin 
  was 
  forgotten. 
  

   The 
  most 
  remote 
  had 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  primitive 
  usages, 
  but 
  could 
  

   give 
  only 
  fabulous 
  accounts 
  of 
  them. 
  These 
  also 
  confounded 
  

   ideas 
  and 
  ceremonies 
  introduced 
  by 
  the 
  Jesuits 
  with 
  their 
  own 
  

   ancient 
  rites. 
  

  

  The 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  still 
  considered 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  

   though 
  greatly 
  reduced. 
  At 
  present 
  they 
  had 
  more 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  

   the 
  English 
  than 
  with 
  their 
  own 
  brethren. 
  They 
  were 
  members 
  

   of 
  the 
  Church 
  of 
  England, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  read 
  and 
  some 
  could 
  

   write 
  very 
  well. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  made 
  a 
  cross 
  in 
  signing 
  a 
  

   deed 
  ; 
  but, 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  of 
  importance, 
  they 
  made 
  a 
  steel, 
  used 
  in 
  

   striking 
  fire 
  from 
  a 
  flint. 
  This 
  symbol 
  of 
  their 
  nation 
  they 
  called 
  

   Canniah, 
  and 
  themselves 
  Canniungaes. 
  

  

  The 
  Oneidas 
  came 
  next, 
  also 
  much 
  reduced. 
  Attempts 
  had 
  

   been 
  made 
  to 
  civilize 
  and 
  convert 
  them, 
  but 
  most 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  

   primitive 
  state, 
  with 
  ancient 
  customs 
  much 
  decayed. 
  One 
  of 
  

   their 
  symbols 
  was 
  a 
  tree 
  expressing 
  stability, 
  but 
  their 
  true 
  

   emblem 
  was 
  a 
  stone, 
  called 
  Onoya, 
  whence 
  they 
  called 
  themselves 
  

   Onoyuts. 
  The 
  Onondagas, 
  40 
  miles 
  farther, 
  well 
  versed 
  in 
  

   ancient 
  customs, 
  called 
  themselves 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Mountain. 
  

  

  