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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  they 
  are 
  gathered 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  villages 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  the 
  war 
  path. 
  But 
  

   the 
  fight 
  once 
  ended, 
  his 
  superiority 
  ceases 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  There 
  is 
  some 
  re- 
  

   spect 
  paid 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  authority 
  amongst 
  them, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  no 
  wise 
  

   richer 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  There 
  is 
  always 
  so 
  much 
  ado 
  about 
  them 
  

   that 
  the 
  chief 
  is 
  feared 
  and 
  obeyed 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  he 
  is 
  near, 
  but 
  he 
  must 
  

   shift 
  for 
  himself. 
  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  seen 
  in 
  his 
  house 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  rest. 
  O'Callaghan. 
  Doc. 
  Hist. 
  3 
  130 
  

  

  Later 
  Dutch 
  accounts 
  are 
  much 
  the 
  same, 
  but 
  give 
  Algonquin 
  

   chiefs 
  somewhat 
  better 
  houses 
  and 
  several 
  wives. 
  Records 
  of 
  

   treaties 
  and 
  sales, 
  however, 
  show 
  permanent 
  and 
  great 
  authority. 
  

   Loskiel 
  said 
  that 
  among 
  the 
  three 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Delawares 
  the 
  chief 
  

   belonged 
  to. 
  the 
  tribe 
  over 
  which 
  he 
  presided, 
  but 
  was 
  chosen 
  by 
  

   chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  two. 
  They 
  installed 
  him, 
  condoling 
  the 
  mourn- 
  

   ers 
  and 
  giving 
  his 
  name. 
  They 
  also 
  exhorted 
  the 
  young 
  people, 
  

   addressed 
  his 
  wife, 
  and 
  charged 
  him 
  with 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  his 
  office, 
  

   singing 
  the 
  speeches 
  and 
  confirming 
  them 
  with 
  belts. 
  

  

  "A 
  Captain 
  is 
  the 
  Chief's 
  right 
  hand. 
  He 
  must 
  undertake 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  committed 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  Chief." 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  resem- 
  

   blance 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  condolence 
  throughout. 
  Among 
  the 
  latter 
  

   nations 
  were 
  those 
  called 
  Wa-ka-neh-do-deh, 
  or 
  pine 
  tree 
  chiefs, 
  who 
  

   hold 
  their 
  office 
  from 
  their 
  goodness 
  or 
  ability 
  and 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  

   deposed. 
  " 
  Their 
  roots 
  are 
  in 
  heaven." 
  

  

  The 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  for 
  chief 
  is 
  Ah-go-ya-ne, 
  closely 
  resembling 
  

   Agouhanna, 
  which 
  Cartier 
  gave 
  as 
  the 
  chief's 
  title 
  at 
  Hochelaga 
  

   (Montreal) 
  in 
  1535. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  call 
  a 
  principal 
  chief 
  Ho- 
  

   yah-nah 
  ha-sen-no-wah'-neh, 
  good 
  man 
  with 
  big 
  name. 
  A 
  war 
  chief 
  

   is 
  Ho-sken-ah-ka-tah, 
  big 
  man 
  with 
  a 
  load 
  of 
  bones 
  on 
  his 
  back. 
  

   Morgan 
  names 
  the 
  Seneca 
  war 
  chiefs 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  way, 
  Ha-seh-no- 
  

   wa'-neh, 
  elevated 
  name, 
  like 
  the 
  second 
  Onondaga 
  word. 
  The 
  

   sachems, 
  as 
  a 
  class, 
  were 
  Ho-yar-na-go'-war, 
  counselors 
  of 
  the 
  

   people, 
  and 
  a 
  civil 
  council 
  was 
  Ho-de-os'-seh, 
  advising 
  together. 
  In 
  

   early 
  days 
  Agoianders 
  were 
  the 
  nobility, 
  and 
  the 
  space 
  was 
  wide 
  

   between 
  chiefs 
  and 
  people 
  in 
  late 
  colonial 
  time. 
  

  

  Charlevoix 
  noted 
  that 
  chiefs 
  were 
  elected 
  among 
  the 
  Algonquins, 
  

   but 
  among 
  the 
  Hurons 
  the 
  office 
  was 
  hereditary 
  in 
  a 
  sense, 
  as 
  it 
  

   still 
  is 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  This 
  often 
  caused 
  inconvenience 
  

   through 
  minors. 
  

  

  