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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  is 
  usually 
  made 
  on 
  presenting 
  wampum 
  to 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  a 
  treaty, 
  

   and 
  is 
  performed 
  thus 
  : 
  The 
  grand 
  chief 
  and 
  speaker 
  amongst 
  them 
  

   pronounces 
  the 
  word 
  jo-bab! 
  (jo-hah!) 
  with 
  a 
  loud 
  voice 
  singly; 
  

   then 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  join 
  in 
  this 
  sound 
  wohl 
  dwelling 
  some 
  little 
  time 
  

   upon 
  it, 
  and 
  keeping 
  exact 
  time 
  with 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  immediately 
  

   with 
  a 
  sharp 
  noise 
  and 
  force, 
  utter 
  this 
  sound 
  zvugh! 
  This 
  is 
  per- 
  

   formed 
  with 
  great 
  decorum 
  ; 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  Indians 
  is 
  like 
  our 
  English 
  

   huzza! 
  Marshe, 
  7:185 
  

  

  While 
  Conrad 
  Weiser, 
  in 
  the 
  council 
  of 
  1743, 
  noted 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  

   usual 
  Cry 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Approbation 
  and 
  Thanks 
  was 
  given 
  " 
  after 
  

   each 
  speech, 
  he 
  said 
  of 
  one 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  solemn 
  Cry, 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  thanks- 
  

   giving 
  and 
  Joy, 
  was 
  repeated 
  as 
  many 
  times 
  as 
  there 
  were 
  Nations 
  

   present." 
  This 
  was 
  often 
  done 
  when 
  the 
  fullest 
  agreement 
  was 
  

   desired. 
  The 
  peculiar 
  response 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  many, 
  and 
  

   was 
  recorded 
  in 
  1695 
  as 
  Jo 
  Hue 
  Hue 
  Hogh. 
  Colden 
  gave 
  a 
  good 
  

   account 
  of 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  council 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  presided, 
  August 
  19, 
  

   1746: 
  

  

  At 
  every 
  Stop 
  where 
  a 
  Belt 
  was 
  given, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Sachems 
  call'd 
  

   out 
  Yo-hay, 
  to 
  which 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  answered 
  in 
  a 
  Sound 
  which 
  can 
  

   not 
  be 
  expressed 
  in 
  our 
  Letters, 
  but 
  seemed 
  to 
  consist 
  of 
  two 
  Words, 
  

   remarkably 
  distinguished 
  in 
  the 
  Cadence 
  ; 
  it 
  seem'd 
  to 
  this 
  purpose 
  ; 
  

   the 
  Sachem 
  calls, 
  Do 
  you 
  hear? 
  The 
  Answer 
  is, 
  We 
  attend 
  and 
  

   remember, 
  or 
  understand 
  ; 
  or 
  else 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  Kind 
  of 
  Plaudit 
  our 
  Inter- 
  

   preters 
  could 
  not 
  explain. 
  At 
  the 
  Close 
  of 
  the 
  Speech, 
  one 
  Sachem 
  

   of 
  each 
  Nation 
  call'd 
  out 
  severally 
  the 
  Yo-hay, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  others 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  Nation 
  answer'd 
  severally: 
  But 
  when 
  the 
  AVar-Belt 
  

   was 
  thrown 
  down, 
  they 
  gave 
  the 
  War-Shout. 
  We 
  expected 
  but 
  six 
  

   of 
  these 
  Plaudits, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Number 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  but 
  

   eight 
  were 
  distinctly 
  delivered 
  ; 
  by 
  which 
  we 
  understand 
  some 
  other 
  

   Nations 
  were 
  united 
  with 
  them 
  on 
  this 
  Occasion. 
  Colden, 
  p. 
  174 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  presents 
  the 
  eight 
  parties 
  appeared, 
  two 
  repre- 
  

   senting 
  two 
  tribes 
  of 
  Mississagas, 
  and 
  receiving 
  each 
  a 
  part. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  Day 
  the 
  War-Kettle 
  was 
  set 
  over 
  the 
  Fire, 
  and 
  towards 
  

   Evening 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  his 
  Excellency's 
  Presence, 
  where 
  many 
  

   Gentlemen 
  attended 
  him, 
  began 
  the 
  War-Dance, 
  and 
  continued 
  it 
  

   till 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  Night: 
  They 
  were 
  painted 
  as 
  when 
  they 
  go 
  to 
  War. 
  

   The 
  Dance 
  is 
  a 
  slow 
  and 
  solemn 
  Motion, 
  accompanied 
  with 
  a 
  pa- 
  

   thetick 
  Song. 
  The 
  Indians 
  in 
  their 
  Turns 
  perform 
  this 
  singly, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  describe 
  the 
  Particularities 
  of 
  it. 
  Colden, 
  p. 
  180 
  

  

  Each 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  had 
  its 
  own 
  council 
  for 
  its 
  own 
  pur- 
  

   poses, 
  but 
  a 
  general 
  one 
  could 
  be 
  called 
  by 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  if 
  

  

  