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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  After 
  being 
  seated 
  the 
  Indians 
  conferred 
  among 
  themselves, 
  and 
  

   remarked 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  well 
  that 
  Bishop 
  von 
  Watteville 
  had 
  no 
  

   Indian 
  name 
  by 
  which 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  known 
  among 
  them, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  

   was 
  their 
  wish 
  to 
  confer 
  one 
  on 
  him, 
  because 
  he 
  had 
  lived 
  among 
  

   them, 
  and 
  had 
  come 
  over 
  the 
  " 
  great 
  water 
  " 
  to 
  visit 
  them. 
  Accord- 
  

   ingly 
  they 
  deliberated 
  a 
  long 
  time, 
  and 
  decided 
  to 
  name 
  him 
  Teca- 
  

   rihondie, 
  which 
  signifies 
  one 
  who 
  brings 
  a 
  message 
  or 
  important 
  

   news. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  of 
  the 
  

   Deer, 
  and 
  as 
  he 
  who 
  bore 
  it 
  is 
  dead, 
  his 
  name 
  will 
  be 
  thus 
  perpetu- 
  

   ated. 
  This 
  name 
  they 
  announced 
  to 
  their 
  white 
  brethren, 
  who 
  ac- 
  

   knowledged 
  it 
  with 
  pleasure, 
  and 
  gave 
  evidence 
  of 
  their 
  joy 
  that 
  

   Tecarihondie 
  was 
  naturalized, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  the 
  tenth 
  brother 
  who 
  

   was 
  admitted 
  into 
  their 
  nation. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  life 
  of 
  Red 
  Jacket, 
  Col. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Stone 
  gave 
  a 
  curious 
  ac- 
  

   count 
  of 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  Thomas 
  Morris 
  at 
  Tioga 
  Point 
  in 
  1790. 
  

   On 
  this 
  occasion 
  he 
  received 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Otetiana, 
  always 
  ready, 
  

   which 
  had 
  been 
  Red 
  Jacket's. 
  This 
  was 
  done 
  when 
  the 
  full 
  1600 
  

   *' 
  Indians 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  treaty, 
  united 
  in 
  an 
  offering 
  to 
  the 
  moon, 
  

   then 
  being 
  at 
  her 
  full. 
  The 
  ceremonies 
  were 
  performed 
  in 
  the 
  

   evening. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  clear 
  night, 
  and 
  the 
  moon 
  shone 
  with 
  uncom- 
  

   mon 
  brilliancy. 
  The 
  host 
  of 
  Indians, 
  and 
  their 
  neophyte, 
  were 
  all 
  

   •seated 
  upon 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  an 
  extended 
  circle, 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  which 
  

   a 
  large 
  fire 
  was 
  kept 
  burning. 
  The 
  aged 
  Cayuga 
  chieftain, 
  Fish- 
  

   carrier, 
  who 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  exalted 
  veneration 
  for 
  his 
  wisdom, 
  and 
  

   who 
  had 
  been 
  greatly 
  distinguished 
  for 
  his 
  bravery 
  from 
  his 
  youth 
  

   up, 
  officiated 
  as 
  the 
  high 
  priest 
  of 
  the 
  occasion 
  — 
  making 
  a 
  long 
  

   speech 
  to 
  the 
  luminary, 
  occasionally 
  throwing 
  tobacco 
  into 
  the 
  fire 
  

   as 
  incense. 
  On 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  address, 
  the 
  whole 
  assembly 
  

   prostrated 
  themselves 
  upon 
  the 
  bosom 
  of 
  their 
  parent 
  earth, 
  and 
  a 
  

   grunting 
  sound 
  of 
  approbation 
  was 
  uttered 
  from 
  mouth 
  to 
  mouth 
  

   around 
  the 
  entire 
  circle." 
  Stone, 
  p. 
  42 
  

  

  A 
  war 
  dance 
  followed 
  which 
  nearly 
  made 
  trouble, 
  but 
  the 
  account 
  

   differs 
  widely 
  from 
  other 
  adoptions. 
  A 
  more 
  personal 
  act 
  was 
  that 
  

   of 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  in 
  182 
  1. 
  He 
  talked 
  with 
  the 
  Rev. 
  John 
  Brecken- 
  

   ridge 
  : 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  conversation 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  give 
  me 
  a 
  name, 
  

   that 
  henceforth 
  I 
  might 
  be 
  numbered 
  among 
  his 
  friends, 
  and 
  ad- 
  

   mitted 
  to 
  the 
  intercourse 
  and 
  regards 
  of 
  the 
  nation. 
  Supposing 
  

   this 
  not 
  amiss, 
  I 
  consented. 
  But 
  before 
  he 
  proceeded 
  he 
  called 
  for 
  

   some 
  whisky 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  After 
  some 
  time 
  a 
  small 
  portion 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  

   him 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  a 
  decanter. 
  He 
  looked 
  at 
  it, 
  — 
  shook 
  it, 
  — 
  and 
  

  

  