﻿COUNCILS 
  AND 
  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  427 
  

  

  but 
  the 
  council 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  private 
  house. 
  A 
  few 
  words 
  are 
  

  

  worth 
  quoting: 
  

  

  An 
  Indian, 
  who 
  had 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  introducer 
  of 
  ambassadors, 
  

   presented 
  himself 
  to 
  conduct 
  us 
  to 
  our 
  lodging. 
  We 
  followed 
  him, 
  

   and 
  he 
  took 
  us 
  to 
  the 
  largest 
  cabin 
  of 
  the 
  village, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  

   prepared 
  our 
  abode, 
  with 
  orders 
  to 
  the 
  women 
  of 
  the 
  cabin 
  to 
  let 
  

   us 
  lack 
  for 
  nothing. 
  And 
  in 
  truth 
  they 
  were 
  always 
  very 
  faithful 
  

   whilst 
  we 
  were 
  there 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  our 
  kettles, 
  and 
  bring 
  us 
  the 
  

   necessary 
  wood 
  to 
  light 
  up 
  during 
  the 
  night 
  ... 
  At 
  last, 
  the 
  13th 
  

   of 
  August 
  having 
  arrived, 
  the 
  Indians 
  assembled 
  in 
  our 
  cabin 
  to 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  50 
  or 
  60 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  persons 
  of 
  the 
  nation. 
  Their 
  

   custom 
  is, 
  when 
  they 
  come 
  in, 
  to 
  sit 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  convenient 
  

   place 
  they 
  find 
  vacant, 
  regardless 
  of 
  rank, 
  and 
  at 
  once 
  get 
  some 
  

   fire 
  to 
  light 
  their 
  pipes, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  leave 
  their 
  mouths 
  during 
  the 
  

   whole 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  council. 
  They 
  say 
  good 
  thoughts 
  come 
  whilst 
  

   smoking. 
  Galinee, 
  p. 
  23,. 
  25. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  councils 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  were 
  not 
  addressed 
  or 
  spoken 
  

   of 
  as 
  Onondagas, 
  Cayugas 
  etc., 
  but 
  by 
  council 
  names. 
  Thus 
  when 
  

   Conrad 
  Weiser 
  was 
  with 
  " 
  the 
  United 
  Nations 
  now 
  met 
  in 
  Council 
  

   at 
  Sagoghsaanagechtheyky," 
  or 
  Onondaga, 
  in 
  1743, 
  they 
  spoke 
  

   officially 
  to 
  "Togarg 
  Honon 
  our 
  Brother, 
  Nittaruntaquaa 
  our 
  Son, 
  

   also 
  Sonnawantowano 
  and 
  Tuscaroro, 
  our 
  Younger 
  Sons, 
  also 
  our 
  

   absent 
  Brother 
  Oungh 
  carrydawy 
  dionen 
  Horarrawe." 
  The 
  first 
  

   name 
  is 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  council 
  name, 
  here 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  village, 
  as 
  

   it 
  often 
  was 
  to 
  the 
  principal 
  chief. 
  The 
  first 
  one 
  addressed 
  has 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  council 
  name, 
  the 
  next 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Oneidas. 
  Then 
  comes 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  Cayugas, 
  and 
  the 
  absent 
  Senecas 
  are 
  mentioned 
  last 
  of 
  

   all. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  journal 
  the 
  Oneida 
  title 
  is 
  better 
  rendered 
  as 
  

   Niharuntaquoa. 
  

  

  When 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  in 
  1750, 
  Weiser 
  addressed 
  them 
  as 
  " 
  the 
  

   United 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  to 
  wit. 
  Togarihoan, 
  Sagosanagechteront, 
  

   Dyionenhogaron, 
  Neharontoquoah, 
  Sanonowantowano, 
  and 
  Tusco- 
  

   raro." 
  The 
  order 
  here 
  is 
  Mohawks, 
  Onondagas, 
  Senecas, 
  Oneidas 
  

   and 
  Cayugas, 
  while 
  the 
  Tuscaroras 
  have 
  their 
  national 
  name. 
  

   David 
  Cusick 
  gave 
  these 
  council 
  names 
  as 
  coming 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  

   settlement. 
  In 
  this 
  scheme 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  stopped 
  in 
  their 
  river 
  

   and 
  were 
  called 
  Te-haw-re-ho-geh, 
  a 
  speech 
  divided. 
  Then 
  the 
  

   Oneidas 
  formed 
  a 
  settlement 
  and 
  took 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Ne-haw-re-tah- 
  

   go-wah, 
  or 
  big 
  tree. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  have 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  Seuh-no- 
  

   keh-te, 
  bearing 
  the 
  names. 
  As 
  given 
  above 
  by 
  Weiser 
  it 
  implies 
  

  

  