﻿COUNCILS 
  AND 
  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  39I 
  

  

  33 
  Dehkaehyonh 
  

  

  34 
  Kajinondawehhon 
  

  

  35 
  Katawarasonh 
  

  

  36 
  Shoyonwese 
  

  

  CAYUGAS 
  

  

  2,7 
  Now 
  held 
  by 
  a 
  Waka- 
  

   nehdodeh 
  or 
  pine 
  

   tree 
  chief 
  

  

  38 
  Dyonyonhgo 
  

  

  39 
  Dehyondhowehgo 
  

  

  40 
  Dyonwatehon 
  

  

  41 
  Atontaraheha 
  

  

  42 
  Deskaheh 
  

  

  43 
  Skanyadahehyoh 
  

  

  44 
  Sadehkaonhyeas 
  

  

  45 
  Skakenjowane 
  

  

  SENECAS 
  

  

  46 
  Kanohkye 
  

  

  47 
  Nisharyenen 
  

  

  48 
  Satyenawat 
  

  

  49 
  Kanonkeedawe 
  

  

  50 
  Deyonnehohkaweb 
  

  

  Sagwarithra 
  

  

  Nehawenaha 
  

  

  Tyogwawaken 
  

  

  Nakayendenh 
  

  

  Dehgwadehha 
  

  

  TUSCARORAS 
  

  

  Nehchanenagon 
  

  

  Nayonkawehha 
  

  

  Nayonchakden 
  

  

  Karihdawagen 
  

  

  Thanadakgwa 
  

  

  Karinyenta 
  

  

  Nehnokaweh 
  

  

  Nehkahehwathea 
  

  

  Sakokaryes 
  

  

  NANTICOKES 
  

  

  Rarihwetyeha 
  

  

  These 
  have 
  become 
  official 
  titles, 
  and 
  some 
  frequently 
  appear 
  in 
  

   Indian 
  history 
  for 
  nearly 
  three 
  centuries 
  past, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  always 
  

   represent 
  the 
  clans 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  once 
  belonged, 
  nor 
  is 
  their 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  always 
  clear, 
  though 
  most 
  are 
  well 
  ascertained. 
  These 
  will 
  be 
  

   given 
  by 
  numbers 
  and 
  varying 
  interpretations 
  noted. 
  

  

  1 
  Two 
  voices, 
  but 
  Morgan 
  makes 
  it 
  neutral, 
  or 
  the 
  shield. 
  2 
  In 
  

   Morgan, 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  combs. 
  Hale 
  interpreted 
  it 
  as 
  one 
  who 
  

   seeks 
  the 
  wampum 
  belt. 
  From 
  Rev. 
  Albert 
  Cusick, 
  the 
  writerjiad 
  

   the 
  meaning 
  of 
  one 
  who 
  looks 
  for 
  his 
  mind, 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  lost 
  but 
  

   knows 
  where 
  to 
  find, 
  Hiawatha's 
  plans 
  being 
  thought 
  visionary 
  by 
  

   his 
  people. 
  3 
  Two 
  stories 
  in 
  one, 
  or 
  the 
  same 
  story 
  from 
  two 
  per- 
  

   sons. 
  Hale 
  interprets 
  it 
  as 
  tzvo 
  equal 
  statements 
  or 
  other 
  equal 
  

   things, 
  and 
  Morgan 
  as 
  endless. 
  4 
  He 
  is 
  a 
  high 
  tree 
  with 
  large 
  

   branches. 
  Morgan 
  interprets 
  it 
  as 
  small 
  speech. 
  5 
  Double 
  life, 
  or 
  

   that 
  which 
  zve 
  live 
  on. 
  Morgan 
  renders 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  forks, 
  a 
  natural 
  

   result 
  of 
  his 
  spelling. 
  6 
  Large 
  flower. 
  In 
  Morgan, 
  at 
  the 
  great 
  

   river. 
  7 
  Going 
  with 
  two 
  horns, 
  or 
  two 
  horns 
  lying 
  down. 
  Morgan 
  

   has 
  dragging 
  his 
  horns. 
  8 
  He 
  puts 
  on 
  or 
  holds 
  the 
  rattles. 
  Mor- 
  

   gan 
  has 
  it 
  hanging 
  up 
  rattles. 
  9 
  He 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  drift 
  of 
  wood; 
  

   according 
  to 
  Morgan, 
  even 
  tempered. 
  

  

  These 
  were 
  the 
  nine 
  Mohawk 
  councilors, 
  Dekanawidah 
  not 
  being 
  

   reckoned. 
  Both 
  he 
  and 
  Hiawatha 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  Onondagas 
  

   adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawks. 
  

  

  