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  . 
  [Assembly 
  

  

  amusements 
  for 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  prime 
  of 
  manhood 
  ; 
  but 
  yet 
  they 
  were 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  the 
  ways 
  and 
  habits 
  of 
  a 
  people 
  living 
  without 
  arts, 
  

   and 
  without 
  the 
  intellectual 
  employments 
  which 
  pertain 
  to 
  civil- 
  

   ized 
  life. 
  Such 
  games 
  mark 
  the 
  infancy 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  mind, 
  but 
  

   they 
  often 
  beget 
  a 
  generous 
  emulation 
  and 
  a 
  ready 
  skill 
  which 
  

   lead 
  to 
  future 
  Improvement 
  and 
  elevation. 
  

  

  Ga-no-sa, 
  or 
  conch 
  shell 
  breast 
  plate. 
  

  

  No. 
  43. 
  Plate 
  14. 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Breast 
  plates 
  of 
  this 
  description 
  were 
  much 
  worn 
  in 
  ancient 
  

   times. 
  The 
  leading 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  wore 
  medals 
  either 
  of 
  

   silver 
  or 
  sea 
  shell 
  on 
  public 
  occasions. 
  This 
  medal 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  form, 
  and 
  is 
  chiefly 
  interesting 
  as 
  the 
  personal 
  ornament 
  of 
  

   Peter 
  Pish 
  Carrier, 
  (So-ace) 
  a 
  €ayuga 
  Chief 
  about 
  60 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  

   now 
  residing 
  on 
  Grand 
  river. 
  , 
  He 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  surviving 
  son 
  of 
  the 
  

   distinguished 
  Cayuga 
  chief 
  {Ho-jd-ga-ta^) 
  who 
  bore 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Fish 
  Carrier, 
  and 
  who 
  resided 
  at 
  Cannoga 
  on 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  lake 
  du- 
  

   ring 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  revolution. 
  A 
  reservation 
  was 
  set 
  apart 
  

   for 
  his 
  special 
  benefit 
  at 
  this 
  place, 
  by 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  1795, 
  made 
  

   at 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  bridge. 
  He 
  died 
  near 
  Buffalo 
  about 
  the. 
  year 
  1800, 
  

   after 
  which 
  his 
  family 
  removed 
  to 
  Grand 
  river. 
  

  

  Ah-da-dis-ha, 
  or 
  cane. 
  

  

  No. 
  49. 
  

  

  This 
  cane 
  is 
  also 
  chiefly 
  interesting 
  as 
  a 
  memento 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   distinguished 
  living 
  sachem 
  of 
  the 
  Cayugas, 
  John 
  Jacobs, 
  (Jote- 
  

   h^-iveh-koj) 
  now 
  about 
  eighty 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  anji 
  residing 
  upon 
  

   Grand 
  river. 
  He 
  was 
  born 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1770, 
  at 
  the 
  chief 
  vil- 
  

   lage 
  of 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  Gd-yd- 
  gd-an-ha^ 
  which 
  ^\ 
  as 
  situated 
  upon 
  the 
  

   north 
  side 
  of 
  Utts 
  creek, 
  a^out 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  Cay- 
  

   uga 
  lake, 
  and 
  about 
  four 
  miles 
  north 
  east 
  from 
  Aurora. 
  When 
  

   General 
  Sullivan 
  was 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  from 
  the 
  invasion 
  of 
  the 
  Sen- 
  

   eca 
  territory 
  in 
  1779, 
  he 
  sent 
  a 
  detachment 
  into 
  Cayuga 
  county 
  to 
  

   destroy 
  the 
  villages 
  of 
  the 
  Cayugas. 
  The 
  people 
  fled 
  to 
  Niagar 
  a, 
  

   and 
  Jote-ho-ioeh-koy 
  then 
  a 
  small 
  lad, 
  was 
  carried'by 
  his 
  family. 
  

   At 
  a 
  subsequent 
  day 
  he 
  returned 
  to 
  his 
  former 
  home 
  and 
  resid 
  ed 
  

  

  