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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  to 
  him, 
  and 
  his 
  wife 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  mother, 
  and 
  his 
  sons 
  and 
  daughters 
  

   his 
  brothers 
  and 
  sisters. 
  The 
  head 
  sachem 
  then 
  arose 
  and 
  took 
  me 
  

   by 
  the 
  hand, 
  and 
  called 
  me 
  his 
  son, 
  and 
  led 
  me 
  to 
  his 
  family. 
  I 
  

   thanked 
  him, 
  and 
  said 
  I 
  wished 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  might 
  make 
  me 
  a 
  

   blessing 
  to 
  his 
  family. 
  I 
  then 
  shook 
  hands 
  with 
  his 
  wife 
  and 
  chil- 
  

   dren, 
  and 
  with 
  all 
  who 
  were 
  convened 
  on 
  the 
  occasion. 
  Lothrop, 
  

   p. 
  167 
  

  

  Gen. 
  Ely 
  S. 
  Parker, 
  the 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  gave 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   adoption 
  of 
  Lewis 
  H. 
  Morgan 
  and 
  two 
  others 
  in 
  1846 
  at 
  Tona- 
  

   wanda. 
  They 
  applied 
  for 
  adoption 
  October 
  28, 
  and 
  their 
  request 
  

   was 
  approved 
  next 
  day, 
  provided 
  they 
  gave 
  a 
  good 
  feast. 
  October 
  

   31 
  the 
  ceremony 
  took 
  place, 
  the 
  candidates 
  being 
  seated 
  on 
  a 
  bench 
  

   at 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  room. 
  Chief 
  Sty 
  or 
  Ho-cis-ta-hout, 
  Bill 
  in 
  his 
  

   Mouth, 
  opened 
  the 
  council, 
  and 
  Jesse 
  Spring 
  or 
  Ha-sque-ta-he, 
  

   Ax 
  in 
  Hand, 
  stated 
  its 
  object. 
  Then 
  he 
  said: 
  

  

  They, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  knew 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  when 
  any 
  one 
  chose 
  to 
  become 
  

   a 
  member 
  of 
  our 
  nation, 
  on 
  their 
  making 
  an 
  application 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  

   our 
  leading 
  and 
  wise 
  men, 
  and 
  providing 
  a 
  feast 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  people 
  

   together, 
  we 
  were 
  not 
  very 
  scrupulous 
  in 
  adopting. 
  This 
  adoption 
  

   has 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  chiefs, 
  and 
  they 
  assented 
  to 
  the 
  adoption. 
  

   It 
  now 
  becomes 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  tribes 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  respectively 
  

   belong 
  to 
  come 
  forward 
  and 
  present 
  their 
  proper 
  names. 
  The 
  

   people 
  will 
  know 
  into 
  which 
  tribe 
  they 
  are 
  adopted 
  by 
  observing 
  

   who 
  leads 
  them 
  around 
  the 
  room. 
  The 
  managers 
  request 
  the 
  war- 
  

   riors 
  to 
  keep 
  perfect 
  order, 
  and 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  entertainments 
  

   interesting. 
  The 
  first 
  dance 
  in 
  order 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  War 
  Dance, 
  and 
  

   the 
  second 
  the 
  Grand 
  Religious 
  Dance, 
  as 
  the 
  proper 
  accompani- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  occasion 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Mr 
  L. 
  H. 
  Morgan 
  was 
  then 
  called 
  upon 
  

   to 
  rise 
  and 
  stand 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  Jesse 
  Spring, 
  who, 
  laying 
  his 
  hand 
  

   upon 
  his 
  shoulder, 
  with 
  sparkling 
  eye 
  and 
  loud 
  voice, 
  exclaimed 
  

   that 
  this 
  our 
  first 
  brother 
  would 
  hereafter 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  Ta-ya-dao-wuk-kah. 
  Mr 
  C. 
  T. 
  Porter 
  was 
  then 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  

   pass 
  a 
  similar 
  ordeal, 
  and 
  he 
  unflinchingly 
  received 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Da-ya-a-weh. 
  Mr 
  Thomas 
  Darling 
  was 
  next 
  summoned, 
  and 
  upon 
  

   him 
  was 
  conferred 
  the 
  euphonious 
  sobriquet 
  of 
  Gi-we-go. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  George 
  S. 
  Conover 
  and 
  two 
  others 
  were 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  

   Senecas 
  in 
  1885, 
  after 
  a 
  good 
  dinner 
  and 
  smoke.. 
  Moses 
  Lay 
  or 
  

   Da-ya-to-koh, 
  the 
  head 
  chief 
  present, 
  aided 
  by 
  16 
  sachems, 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  in 
  an 
  orchard, 
  where 
  the 
  council 
  was 
  ar- 
  

   ranged 
  on 
  logs 
  on 
  three 
  sides 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  rectangle, 
  one 
  end 
  being 
  

   open. 
  The 
  order 
  was 
  announced 
  and 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  sachems 
  were 
  

  

  