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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Vessels 
  called 
  after 
  Iroquois 
  nations, 
  

  

  3i/ 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  Viel, 
  Father 
  Nicholas, 
  visit 
  to 
  

   Huron 
  5, 
  177 
  3 
  . 
  

  

  Viele, 
  Aernout 
  Cornelisse, 
  commis- 
  

   sion 
  given 
  to, 
  23s 
  2 
  ; 
  sent 
  to 
  Onon- 
  

   daga, 
  251 
  8 
  ; 
  offends 
  Onondagas, 
  

   229/. 
  

  

  Vimont, 
  Father, 
  quoted, 
  i86 
  T 
  . 
  

  

  Virginia, 
  Indian 
  name, 
  231 
  2 
  , 
  209 
  2 
  ; 
  

   boundary 
  in, 
  268" 
  ; 
  lands, 
  276', 
  284 
  1 
  ; 
  

   settles 
  claims, 
  284 
  2 
  ; 
  fight 
  with 
  

   Iroquois, 
  281 
  2 
  . 
  

  

  Virginia 
  Indians, 
  Senecas 
  against, 
  

   268 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  Visgher. 
  Lieutenant, 
  sent 
  to 
  Oswego, 
  

   288 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  Yrooman, 
  Captain, 
  captured, 
  369°. 
  

  

  Wampum, 
  use, 
  141 
  7 
  ; 
  meaning, 
  142*; 
  

   inventor, 
  155 
  5 
  ; 
  making, 
  177 
  9 
  ; 
  re- 
  

   stored 
  to 
  old 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1847, 
  

  

  379 
  9 
  - 
  

  

  Wappingers, 
  138 
  5 
  ; 
  join 
  Mohawks 
  

   against 
  Mahicans, 
  219 
  5 
  . 
  

  

  War 
  chiefs, 
  155 
  3 
  . 
  

  

  War 
  dance 
  of 
  Iroquois, 
  287 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  Warwarsing, 
  burned, 
  370 
  3 
  . 
  

  

  Washington, 
  George, 
  mentioned, 
  

   312 
  8 
  . 
  

  

  Wayne's 
  victory, 
  377". 
  

  

  Weapons, 
  140 
  2 
  . 
  

  

  Weas, 
  138 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  Weaving, 
  140 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  Webb, 
  General, 
  at 
  Oneida 
  portage, 
  

   308 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  Webster, 
  Ephraim, 
  cited, 
  149 
  2 
  ; 
  

   Hiawatha 
  legend, 
  155°. 
  

  

  Weiser, 
  Conrad, 
  official 
  interpreter, 
  

   2/4 
  7 
  ; 
  adopted 
  by 
  Mohawks, 
  274' 
  ; 
  

   agent 
  between 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   and 
  Pennsylvania, 
  275 
  2 
  ; 
  agent 
  for 
  

   Iroquois 
  and 
  whites, 
  276 
  s 
  ; 
  at 
  On- 
  

   ondaga, 
  277 
  s 
  , 
  2S2 
  9 
  , 
  285', 
  294* 
  ; 
  

   Indian 
  account 
  of, 
  281*; 
  Iroquois 
  

   delegation 
  at 
  home 
  of, 
  282* 
  ; 
  on 
  

   character 
  of 
  Catawbas, 
  284 
  , 
  -85 
  I 
  ; 
  

   aids 
  Shikellimy, 
  289*; 
  sent 
  to 
  Logs- 
  

   town, 
  290 
  8 
  , 
  296"; 
  councils 
  with 
  Iro- 
  

  

  quois, 
  291 
  1 
  ; 
  on 
  French 
  influence 
  in 
  

   Onondaga, 
  294"; 
  comes 
  to 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks, 
  297 
  s 
  ; 
  at 
  Albany 
  council, 
  

   301 
  4 
  ; 
  death, 
  318 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  Weiser, 
  Frederick, 
  on 
  death 
  of 
  

   chief's 
  son, 
  335 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  Weiser, 
  Samuel, 
  succeeds 
  Conrad 
  

   Weiser, 
  318'. 
  

  

  Wessel, 
  Dirck, 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  242 
  7 
  ; 
  

   ambassador 
  to 
  French, 
  251 
  6 
  . 
  

  

  Western 
  Indians, 
  hostile, 
  245 
  s 
  ; 
  

   trouble 
  with, 
  257 
  s 
  , 
  277 
  s 
  ; 
  at 
  Oswego, 
  

   292"; 
  restive, 
  300 
  2 
  ; 
  councils 
  with, 
  

   326 
  9 
  , 
  373\ 
  375°; 
  reproved, 
  337 
  1 
  ; 
  

   summoned 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  341 
  8 
  ; 
  

   loyal, 
  352 
  1 
  . 
  

  

  Wheelock, 
  Rev. 
  Eleazer, 
  on 
  Indian 
  

   education, 
  319 
  5 
  , 
  348 
  s 
  ; 
  Indian 
  school, 
  

  

  324 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  White 
  river, 
  Iroquois 
  settlement 
  at, 
  

   282 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  Wilkins, 
  General, 
  quoted, 
  377 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  Willett, 
  Col. 
  Marinus, 
  in 
  command, 
  

   370 
  2 
  ; 
  attacked 
  and 
  defeated 
  an 
  

   Indian 
  force, 
  370 
  3 
  ; 
  defeats 
  Butler, 
  

   370 
  4 
  ; 
  attempt 
  on 
  Oswego, 
  370 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  Williams, 
  Colonel, 
  killed, 
  303 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  Williams, 
  Roger, 
  cited, 
  130 
  s 
  ; 
  on 
  

   reputed 
  cannibalism 
  of 
  Mohawks, 
  

  

  I59 
  8 
  . 
  

  

  Williamsburg, 
  council 
  at, 
  265*. 
  

  

  Wills, 
  389 
  s 
  - 
  

  

  Wilson, 
  Tames 
  Grant, 
  cited, 
  130". 
  

  

  Winsor, 
  Justin, 
  cited, 
  130 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  Winthrop, 
  Governor, 
  quoted, 
  207*. 
  

  

  Wolcott, 
  Oliver, 
  mentioned, 
  372*. 
  

  

  Wolves, 
  138 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  Women, 
  influence 
  of, 
  167*; 
  children 
  

   follow 
  mother's 
  clan, 
  167 
  4 
  ; 
  name 
  

   chiefs, 
  167 
  4 
  ; 
  speakers 
  for, 
  167 
  4 
  : 
  

   owners 
  of 
  soil, 
  167 
  5 
  ; 
  double 
  atone- 
  

   ment 
  for 
  their 
  lives. 
  167 
  8 
  ; 
  peace- 
  

   makers, 
  244 
  4 
  : 
  at 
  councils, 
  306 
  2 
  . 
  

  

  Wood 
  creek, 
  English 
  forts. 
  260 
  8 
  . 
  

  

  Woodbridge, 
  Timothy, 
  mentioned, 
  

  

  347 
  s 
  - 
  

   Woolley, 
  Joseph, 
  mentioned, 
  348*. 
  

   Worship. 
  141 
  7 
  . 
  

   Wraxall, 
  secretary 
  to 
  Johnson, 
  304'. 
  

  

  