﻿COUNCILS 
  AND 
  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  42 
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  The 
  next 
  day 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  rest 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  day 
  the 
  ambassadors 
  stated 
  

   their 
  business 
  and 
  were 
  answered 
  the 
  fourth 
  day. 
  The 
  whole 
  was 
  

   terminated 
  by 
  compliments 
  and 
  a 
  feast. 
  

  

  When 
  Cartier 
  visited 
  Hochelaga 
  in 
  1535 
  an 
  old 
  Iroquois 
  custom 
  

   was 
  observed. 
  He 
  was 
  met 
  at 
  a 
  wayside 
  fire, 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  

   the 
  town, 
  by 
  some 
  chiefs 
  who 
  welcomed 
  him 
  in 
  a 
  long 
  address. 
  

   Then 
  they 
  escorted 
  him 
  to 
  their 
  capital. 
  

  

  At 
  Le 
  Moyne's 
  first 
  visit 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1654, 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  di- 
  

   rectly 
  speak 
  of 
  being 
  formally 
  met 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  as 
  he 
  did 
  on 
  a 
  

   later 
  occasion, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  inferred, 
  for 
  he 
  said 
  : 
  "At 
  a 
  quarter 
  

   of 
  a 
  league 
  from 
  the 
  village 
  I 
  began 
  a 
  harangue, 
  which 
  gained 
  me 
  

   much 
  credit. 
  I 
  named 
  all 
  the 
  chiefs, 
  the 
  families, 
  and 
  persons 
  of 
  

   note 
  in 
  a 
  drawling 
  voice 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  tone 
  of 
  a 
  chief." 
  Two 
  chiefs 
  

   made 
  a 
  reply. 
  

  

  When 
  Chaumonot 
  and 
  Dablon 
  came 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  the 
  chief 
  

   Gonaterezon 
  came 
  to 
  meet 
  them 
  a 
  league 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  led 
  

   them 
  to 
  the 
  woodside 
  fire 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  league 
  from 
  Onondaga, 
  

   where 
  the 
  great 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  awaited 
  them, 
  refreshing 
  them 
  

   with 
  their 
  best 
  dishes 
  and 
  exchanging 
  friendly 
  speeches. 
  Then 
  

   they 
  were 
  led 
  through 
  lines 
  of 
  people 
  into 
  the 
  town. 
  Like 
  this 
  was 
  

   Father 
  Le 
  Moyne's 
  second 
  reception 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1661. 
  His 
  

   old 
  friend 
  Garakontie 
  still 
  loved 
  the 
  French 
  : 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  why 
  he 
  came 
  two 
  leagues 
  to 
  meet 
  us, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  four 
  

   or 
  five 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  Ancients, 
  an 
  honor 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  never 
  accus- 
  

   tomed 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  ambassadors, 
  to 
  meet 
  whom 
  they 
  are 
  

   contented 
  to 
  go 
  a 
  little 
  eighth 
  of 
  a 
  league 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  ... 
  I 
  

   walked 
  gravely 
  between 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  people, 
  who 
  give 
  me 
  a 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  benedictions 
  ... 
  I 
  kept 
  making 
  my 
  cry 
  of 
  Ambassador 
  while 
  

   walking 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  then 
  having 
  returned 
  in 
  two 
  words 
  my 
  thanks 
  for 
  

   this 
  good 
  welcome, 
  I 
  continued 
  my 
  journey 
  and 
  my 
  cry. 
  

  

  The 
  old 
  Mohawk 
  word, 
  Gawendoutatie, 
  to 
  go 
  speaking 
  as 
  when 
  

   they 
  go 
  on 
  an 
  embassy, 
  seems 
  to 
  allude 
  to 
  this 
  practice. 
  The 
  two 
  

   words 
  were 
  short 
  speeches 
  emphasized 
  with 
  strings 
  or 
  belts. 
  

  

  Receptions 
  at 
  the 
  council 
  fires 
  of 
  the 
  whites 
  gradually 
  took 
  on 
  

   new 
  features, 
  retaining 
  some 
  which 
  were 
  old. 
  In 
  1694 
  a 
  treaty 
  

   was 
  held 
  in 
  State 
  street, 
  Albany, 
  with 
  25 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs. 
  

  

  Ye 
  sachims 
  were 
  attended 
  with 
  many 
  other 
  Indians. 
  When 
  ye 
  

   came 
  to 
  ye 
  place 
  where 
  ye 
  treaty 
  was 
  held, 
  they 
  came 
  two 
  in 
  a 
  rank, 
  

   Rode, 
  ye 
  sachim 
  of 
  ye 
  Maguase 
  being 
  ye 
  leader, 
  singing 
  all 
  ye 
  way, 
  

  

  