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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  carrying 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  shoulders 
  while 
  almost 
  exhausted. 
  The 
  Cayu- 
  

   gas 
  were 
  Soh-ne-na-we-too-na, 
  big 
  pipe. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  are 
  Ho-neen- 
  

   ho-hone-tah, 
  possessing 
  a 
  door. 
  Being 
  in 
  the 
  Oneida 
  territory 
  at 
  first 
  

   the 
  Tuscaroras 
  are 
  addressed 
  as 
  Tu-hah-te-ehh-yah-wah-kon, 
  those 
  

   who 
  embrace 
  a 
  great 
  tree. 
  Conrad 
  Weiser's 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  opening 
  

   of 
  the 
  council 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  July 
  30, 
  1743, 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  

   it 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  About 
  noon, 
  the 
  Council 
  then 
  met 
  at 
  our 
  Lodging, 
  and 
  declared 
  

   themselves 
  compleat, 
  and 
  a 
  deal 
  of 
  Ceremonies 
  Passed 
  : 
  The 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  rehearsed 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Union 
  of 
  the 
  five 
  Nations, 
  

   Praised 
  their 
  Grandfathers' 
  Wisdom 
  in 
  establishing 
  the 
  Union 
  or 
  

   Alliance, 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  became 
  a 
  formidable 
  Body; 
  that 
  they 
  (now 
  

   living) 
  were 
  but 
  Fools 
  to 
  their 
  wise 
  Fathers, 
  Yet 
  protected 
  and 
  ac- 
  

   companied 
  by 
  their 
  Fathers' 
  Spirit; 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  discourse 
  was 
  

   directed 
  to 
  the 
  Deputies 
  of. 
  the 
  several 
  Nations, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Mes- 
  

   senger 
  from 
  Onas 
  and 
  Assaryquoa, 
  then 
  to 
  the 
  Nanticokes, 
  to 
  wel- 
  

   come 
  them 
  all 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  Fire 
  which 
  was 
  now 
  kindled. 
  A 
  

   String 
  of 
  Wampum 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Tocanontie, 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas, 
  to 
  wipe 
  off 
  the 
  Sweat 
  from 
  their 
  (the 
  Deputies 
  and 
  Messen- 
  

   gers') 
  Bodies, 
  and 
  God, 
  who 
  had 
  protected 
  them 
  all 
  against 
  the 
  

   Evil 
  Spirits 
  in 
  the 
  Woods, 
  who 
  were 
  always 
  doing 
  Mischief 
  to 
  

   people 
  travelling 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  was 
  praised. 
  All 
  this 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  

   way 
  of 
  a 
  Song, 
  the 
  Speaker 
  walking 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  House. 
  

   After 
  this 
  the 
  Deputies 
  and 
  Messengers 
  held 
  a 
  Conference 
  by 
  them- 
  

   selves, 
  and 
  appointed 
  Aquoyiota 
  to 
  return 
  thanks 
  for 
  their 
  kind 
  re- 
  

   ception, 
  with 
  another 
  String 
  of 
  Wampum. 
  Aquoyiota 
  repeated 
  all 
  

   that 
  was 
  said 
  in 
  a 
  Singing 
  way, 
  walking 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  House, 
  

   added 
  more 
  in 
  praise 
  of 
  their 
  wise 
  Fathers 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  happy 
  union, 
  

   repeated 
  all 
  the 
  Names 
  of 
  those 
  Ancient 
  Chiefs 
  that 
  established 
  it; 
  

   they 
  no 
  Doubt, 
  said 
  he, 
  are 
  now 
  God's 
  and 
  dwell 
  in 
  heaven; 
  then 
  

   Proclamation 
  was 
  made 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  was 
  now 
  Opened, 
  and 
  

   Assaryquoa 
  was 
  to 
  speak 
  next 
  morning 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  House, 
  and 
  due 
  

   Attendance 
  should 
  be 
  given. 
  All 
  those 
  Indian 
  Ceremonies 
  took 
  

   up 
  that 
  afternoon. 
  Jo-haas 
  from 
  every 
  Nation 
  was 
  given. 
  Hazard. 
  

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  They 
  were 
  lodged 
  in 
  the 
  council 
  house. 
  Onas, 
  or 
  a 
  pen, 
  was 
  

   Pennsylvania's 
  name, 
  and 
  Assaryquoa, 
  big 
  knife, 
  that 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  

   In 
  this 
  council 
  " 
  all 
  the 
  Wampum 
  were 
  hung 
  over 
  a 
  Stick 
  laid 
  

   across 
  the 
  House 
  about 
  six 
  Foot 
  from 
  the 
  Ground." 
  John 
  Bartram 
  

   was 
  present 
  and 
  mentioned 
  this 
  : 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  a 
  pole 
  laid 
  across 
  from 
  one 
  chamber 
  to 
  another 
  over 
  

   the 
  passage, 
  on 
  this 
  their 
  belts 
  and 
  strings 
  were 
  hung, 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  

  

  