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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  but 
  without 
  its 
  visible 
  emblems, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  sight 
  were 
  but 
  as 
  before. 
  

   While 
  this 
  was 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  with 
  their 
  acknowledged 
  power, 
  

   it 
  seems 
  probable 
  that 
  weaker 
  tribes 
  and 
  men 
  affected 
  distinctions 
  

   and 
  display 
  on 
  smaller 
  foundations. 
  

  

  The 
  old 
  custom 
  of 
  shaking 
  hands 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  council 
  seems 
  

   now 
  laid 
  aside, 
  but 
  nearly 
  40 
  years 
  ago 
  (1867) 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  a 
  

   long 
  row 
  of 
  men 
  file 
  past 
  him 
  for 
  this 
  friendly 
  greeting. 
  It 
  was 
  

   sometimes 
  mentioned 
  in 
  early 
  records. 
  The 
  last 
  formal 
  wayside 
  

   reception 
  of 
  white 
  men 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  was 
  in 
  1873, 
  when 
  Bishop 
  

   Huntington, 
  with 
  a 
  score 
  of 
  clergymen 
  and 
  many 
  others, 
  halted 
  for 
  

   over 
  an 
  hour 
  on 
  the 
  road, 
  while 
  Captain 
  George 
  leisurely 
  prepared 
  

   to 
  welcome 
  his 
  visitors, 
  address 
  and 
  lead 
  them 
  on 
  their 
  way. 
  The 
  

   Oneidas 
  went 
  in 
  long 
  processions 
  to 
  escort 
  Bishop 
  Hobart, 
  but 
  re- 
  

   ceptions 
  are 
  very 
  informal 
  now, 
  and 
  even 
  an 
  important 
  council 
  may 
  

   be 
  like 
  a 
  quiet 
  gathering 
  of 
  old 
  farmers, 
  attended 
  with 
  very 
  little 
  

   ceremony. 
  Though 
  many 
  early 
  features 
  are 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  con- 
  

   dolence, 
  no 
  ceremonial 
  dress 
  now 
  appears, 
  but 
  an 
  adoption 
  often 
  

   has 
  picturesque 
  features. 
  The 
  one 
  who 
  sings 
  the 
  song 
  in 
  this 
  

   usually 
  has 
  a 
  distinctive 
  dress, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  dances 
  accompany 
  

   the 
  ceremony, 
  while 
  the 
  feast 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  feature. 
  The 
  recipient 
  

   of 
  the 
  honor 
  shakes 
  hands 
  with 
  his 
  new 
  relations, 
  as 
  in 
  earlier 
  days. 
  

  

  