Plate 4 



Prominent Cattaraugus Senecas who were Mrs Converse's friends and advisers. (From a photo- 

 graph taken at the unveiling of Red Jacket's monument at Canoga, Oct. 14, 1891) From left to 

 right, top row. Thomas Kennedy ( Sah-go-oh-gwah s). William Nephew (Soh-noh-io-wa-neh), Chester 

 Lay (Ho-do-an-joh) ; lower row. William Jones (Tho-na-so-wah), Bethia M. Parker (Wa-nit- 

 chi-u), Nicholson II. Parker (Gai-ent-wa-keh), John Jacket (Sho-gyo-a-ja-ach). 



Jacket, Nephew and Jones were members of the Medicine Company to which Mrs Converse belonged. 

 Kennedy and Lay are ex-president-; of the Seneca nation. Much of the lore contained in this 

 volume was transmitted to Mrs Converse by Jones. Parker and Jacket. William Jones was Mrs 

 Converse's clan brother and it was into his family that she was adopted in 1885. 



