﻿COUNCILS 
  AND 
  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  407 
  

  

  seated, 
  the 
  Turtle 
  clan 
  being 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  logs. 
  On 
  the 
  

   right 
  were 
  the 
  Wolf, 
  Bear 
  and 
  Beaver 
  clans 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  the 
  Snipe, 
  

   Deer, 
  Heron 
  and 
  Hawk 
  tribes. 
  Music 
  and 
  a 
  prayer 
  followed, 
  after 
  

   which 
  the 
  candidates 
  were 
  seated 
  in 
  chairs. 
  A 
  woman 
  placed 
  a 
  

   string 
  of 
  brooches 
  around 
  Mr 
  F. 
  H. 
  Furniss's 
  neck, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  

   wampum 
  which 
  was. 
  always 
  used 
  in 
  raising 
  a 
  chief. 
  A 
  chief 
  then 
  

   announced 
  the 
  Seneca 
  name 
  of 
  Mrs 
  Harriet 
  Maxwell 
  Converse, 
  

   Ga-ya-nes-ha-oh, 
  Keeper 
  of 
  the 
  Law, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  chief 
  advanced, 
  

   led 
  her 
  to 
  the 
  Snipes, 
  giving 
  her 
  name 
  and 
  commending 
  her 
  to 
  their 
  

   care. 
  Their 
  chief 
  received 
  and 
  introduced 
  her 
  to 
  the 
  others, 
  and 
  she 
  

   shook 
  hands 
  with 
  all. 
  In 
  adopting 
  women, 
  the 
  war 
  song 
  is 
  not 
  sung 
  

   as 
  when 
  men 
  are 
  received. 
  

  

  Another 
  chief 
  led 
  Mr 
  Furniss 
  to 
  the 
  center, 
  giving 
  his 
  Seneca 
  

   name, 
  To-an-do-ah, 
  One 
  First 
  to 
  See, 
  afterward 
  leading 
  him 
  up 
  and 
  

   down 
  while 
  he 
  chanted 
  the 
  war 
  song. 
  The 
  Indians 
  responded, 
  the 
  

   women 
  keeping 
  time 
  by 
  clapping 
  hands. 
  He 
  was 
  then 
  led 
  to 
  his 
  

   new 
  mother 
  in 
  the 
  Turtle 
  clan 
  and 
  kissed 
  her, 
  the 
  clan 
  welcoming 
  

   him. 
  Mr 
  Conover 
  was 
  made 
  a 
  Wolf 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way, 
  having 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Hy-we-saws, 
  History 
  Investigator. 
  Strings 
  of 
  brooches 
  

   were 
  given 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  candidates. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  fair 
  samples 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  ceremonious 
  modes 
  of 
  adop- 
  

   tion 
  now 
  practised. 
  As 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  personal 
  rather 
  than 
  national 
  right 
  

   the 
  mode 
  is 
  often 
  much 
  simpler, 
  consisting 
  in 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  giving 
  

   a 
  name. 
  A 
  familiar 
  instance 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Bishop 
  Spangenberg 
  and 
  

   his 
  companions, 
  who 
  received 
  names, 
  June 
  10, 
  1745, 
  while 
  on 
  their 
  

   way 
  to 
  Onondaga. 
  It 
  was 
  informal 
  and 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  convenience, 
  

   but 
  all 
  three 
  bore 
  these 
  names 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  they 
  lived. 
  The 
  journal 
  

   says: 
  

  

  Our 
  guides, 
  Shikellimy 
  and 
  his 
  son, 
  and 
  Andrew 
  Sattelihu, 
  saw 
  

   fit 
  to 
  give 
  us 
  Magna 
  names, 
  as 
  they 
  said 
  ours 
  were 
  too 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   pronounce. 
  Bro. 
  Spangenberg 
  they 
  named 
  T'gerhitonti, 
  [i. 
  e. 
  a 
  

   row 
  of 
  trees] 
  ; 
  John 
  Joseph, 
  Hajingonis 
  [i. 
  e. 
  one 
  who 
  twists 
  

   tobacco] 
  ; 
  and 
  David 
  Zeisberger, 
  Ganousseracheri 
  [i. 
  e. 
  on 
  the 
  

   pumpkins]. 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  more 
  formal 
  was 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  another 
  Moravian 
  at 
  a 
  

   council 
  held 
  with 
  three 
  Seneca 
  chiefs 
  in 
  the 
  clergy 
  house 
  at 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia, 
  July 
  17, 
  174Q. 
  The 
  council 
  had 
  assembled, 
  Bishop 
  von 
  

   Watteville 
  presiding; 
  other 
  Indians 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  city, 
  but 
  at 
  this 
  

   meeting 
  only 
  the 
  three 
  sons 
  of 
  Shikellimy 
  and 
  three 
  Senecas 
  were 
  

   present. 
  

  

  