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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  has 
  a 
  place 
  elsewhere, 
  almost 
  in 
  his 
  words, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  in 
  

   the 
  condoling 
  songs 
  as 
  he 
  seems 
  to 
  imply. 
  He 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  injunctions 
  left 
  by 
  Da-ga-no-we-dah, 
  the 
  founder 
  of 
  

   the 
  League, 
  there 
  was 
  one 
  designed 
  to 
  impress 
  upon 
  their 
  minds 
  

   the 
  necessity 
  of 
  union 
  and 
  harmony. 
  It 
  was 
  clothed 
  in 
  a 
  figurative 
  

   dress, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  custom 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  man 
  when 
  he 
  would 
  produce 
  a 
  

   vivid 
  impression. 
  He 
  enjoined 
  them 
  to 
  plant 
  a 
  tree 
  with 
  four 
  roots, 
  

   branching 
  severally 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  south, 
  east 
  and 
  west. 
  Beneath 
  its 
  

   shade 
  the 
  sachems 
  of 
  the 
  League 
  must 
  sit 
  down 
  together 
  in 
  per- 
  

   petual 
  unity, 
  if 
  they 
  would 
  preserve 
  its 
  stability, 
  or 
  secure 
  the 
  

   advantages 
  it 
  was 
  calculated 
  to 
  bestow. 
  Morgan, 
  p. 
  120 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  way, 
  in 
  the 
  testimony 
  on 
  the 
  wampum 
  belts, 
  one 
  story 
  

   " 
  represents 
  an 
  everlasting 
  tree 
  — 
  always 
  keep 
  growing, 
  reaching^ 
  

   to 
  heaven, 
  that 
  all 
  nations 
  may 
  see 
  it; 
  and 
  under 
  it 
  they 
  set 
  a 
  

   general 
  fire 
  to 
  burn 
  forever 
  — 
  the 
  council 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  

   — 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  council 
  fire 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  kept 
  at 
  the 
  Onondagas. 
  The 
  

   Onondagas 
  are 
  the 
  expounders 
  of 
  the 
  law." 
  More 
  quaintly 
  still 
  did 
  

   the 
  old 
  wampum 
  keeper 
  tell 
  the 
  story 
  : 
  " 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  tree 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  it 
  touches 
  the 
  heavens. 
  Under 
  that 
  tree 
  sits 
  this 
  

   wampum. 
  It 
  sits 
  on 
  a 
  log. 
  Coals 
  of 
  fire 
  are 
  unquenchable, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  are 
  at 
  this 
  council 
  fire 
  held 
  by 
  this 
  tribe." 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  Book 
  of 
  Rites, 
  Mr 
  Hale 
  gives 
  the 
  supposed 
  

   meaning 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  mentioned 
  under 
  the 
  several 
  

   clans. 
  In 
  the 
  Wolf 
  clan 
  Kar-he-tyon-ni, 
  the 
  broad 
  woods; 
  Ogh- 
  

   ska-wa-se-ron-hon, 
  grown 
  up 
  to 
  bushes 
  again; 
  Gea-ti-yo, 
  beautiful 
  

   plain; 
  O-nen-yo-te, 
  protruding 
  stone 
  ; 
  Deh-se-ro-kenh, 
  between 
  two 
  

   lines; 
  Degh-ho-di-jen-ha-ra-kwen, 
  two 
  families 
  in 
  a 
  long 
  house; 
  

   Ogh-re-kyon-ny 
  he 
  thought 
  doubtful, 
  and 
  Te-yo-we-yen-don 
  is 
  

   drooping 
  wings. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  two 
  Turtle 
  clans 
  Ka-negh-sa-da-keh 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  hillside, 
  and 
  

   On-kwe-i-yede, 
  a 
  person 
  standing 
  there. 
  The 
  others 
  are 
  classed 
  as 
  

   doubtful. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Bear 
  clan 
  De-ya-o-kenh 
  is 
  the 
  forks; 
  Jo-non-de-seh, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   high 
  hill; 
  Ots-kwi-ra-ke-ron, 
  dry 
  branches 
  fallen 
  to 
  the 
  ground; 
  

   and 
  Ogh-na-we-ron, 
  the 
  springs. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  he 
  understood 
  to 
  be 
  recent 
  villages 
  ; 
  Kar-ha-wen- 
  

   ra-dongh, 
  taken 
  over 
  the 
  zuoods; 
  Ka-ra-ken, 
  zuhite; 
  De-yo-he-ro, 
  

   the 
  place 
  of 
  Hags 
  or 
  rushes; 
  De-yo-swe-ken, 
  outlet 
  of 
  the 
  river; 
  

   Ox-den-keh, 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  place. 
  These 
  also 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  Bear 
  clan, 
  

  

  