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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  says, 
  " 
  covered 
  with 
  his 
  beautiful 
  robe. 
  This 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  the 
  one 
  

   you 
  were 
  accustomed 
  to 
  see 
  these 
  days 
  past, 
  who 
  was 
  named 
  Nehat. 
  

   He 
  has 
  given 
  the 
  name 
  to 
  another 
  savage, 
  he 
  is 
  called 
  Etovait 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Look 
  at 
  him 
  as 
  the 
  true 
  captain 
  of 
  this 
  nation 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  he 
  whom 
  you 
  

   are 
  to 
  obey, 
  it 
  is 
  he 
  to 
  whom 
  you 
  are 
  to 
  listen, 
  and 
  whom 
  you 
  are 
  

   to 
  honor." 
  

  

  The 
  presents 
  to 
  visiting 
  chiefs 
  were 
  then 
  named 
  and 
  distributed 
  

   and 
  this 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  songs, 
  dances 
  and 
  a 
  feast. 
  Before 
  the 
  

   feast 
  the 
  new 
  chief 
  modestly 
  said 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  worthy 
  to 
  bear 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  one 
  so 
  great 
  and 
  good, 
  and 
  afterward 
  declared 
  what 
  he 
  

   would 
  try 
  to 
  do. 
  The 
  Jesuits 
  noted 
  a 
  similar 
  thing 
  among 
  the 
  

   Hurons, 
  who 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  family. 
  The 
  Relation 
  of 
  1642 
  

   says: 
  

  

  No 
  name 
  is 
  ever 
  lost; 
  so 
  when 
  some 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  has 
  died, 
  

   all 
  the 
  relatives 
  assemble 
  and 
  deliberate 
  together 
  which 
  among 
  them 
  

   shall 
  bear 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  deceased, 
  giving 
  his 
  own 
  to 
  some 
  other 
  

   relative. 
  He 
  who 
  takes 
  a 
  new 
  name 
  enters 
  also 
  upon 
  the 
  burdens 
  

   which 
  belong 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  so 
  he 
  is 
  captain, 
  if 
  the 
  deceased 
  was 
  so. 
  

   This 
  done 
  they 
  restrain 
  their 
  tears, 
  they 
  cease 
  to 
  weep 
  for 
  the 
  dead, 
  

   and 
  place 
  him 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  living, 
  saying 
  that 
  

   he 
  is 
  resuscitated 
  and 
  has 
  taken 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  person 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  

   has 
  received 
  his 
  name, 
  and 
  has 
  rendered 
  him 
  immortal. 
  So 
  it 
  hap- 
  

   pens 
  that 
  a 
  captain 
  never 
  has 
  any 
  other 
  name 
  than 
  his 
  predecessor 
  

   . 
  . 
  . 
  Each 
  nation 
  makes 
  its 
  presents, 
  which 
  according 
  to 
  custom, 
  are 
  

   differently 
  qualified. 
  Some 
  making 
  their 
  present 
  say 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  

   taking 
  the 
  arm 
  of 
  the 
  deceased, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  draw 
  him 
  from 
  the 
  

   tomb 
  ; 
  others 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  supporting 
  his 
  head 
  for 
  fear 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  

   fall 
  back. 
  Another 
  always 
  making 
  some 
  new 
  present, 
  will 
  add 
  still 
  

   more 
  freely, 
  that 
  he 
  gives 
  him 
  arms 
  to 
  repel 
  his 
  enemies. 
  And 
  

   I, 
  a 
  fourth 
  will 
  say, 
  I 
  strengthen 
  the 
  earth 
  under 
  him, 
  so 
  that 
  

   during 
  his 
  rule 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  principal 
  chiefs 
  is 
  by 
  clans 
  

   and 
  families. 
  As 
  the 
  father 
  is 
  not 
  ,of 
  the 
  same 
  clan 
  as 
  the 
  son, 
  he 
  

   has 
  no 
  voice 
  in 
  his 
  election, 
  but 
  the 
  mother 
  has. 
  The 
  nominating 
  

   power 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  woman, 
  though 
  subject 
  to 
  general 
  consent. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  League 
  all 
  clans 
  were 
  not 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  Grand 
  

   Council, 
  though 
  three 
  always 
  were. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Oneidas, 
  

   the 
  most 
  recent 
  comers 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  thus 
  of 
  the 
  purest 
  stock, 
  

   had 
  but 
  these 
  three 
  clans 
  of 
  the 
  Bear, 
  Wolf 
  and 
  Turtle. 
  In 
  both, 
  

   their 
  nine 
  councilors 
  were 
  equally 
  divided 
  among 
  the 
  three. 
  The 
  

   three 
  earlier 
  resident 
  nations 
  had 
  added 
  to 
  their 
  numbers 
  from 
  

  

  