﻿No. 
  122.] 
  115 
  

  

  with 
  partitions 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  about 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  feet, 
  or 
  two 
  

   lengths 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  Each 
  apartment 
  was 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  a 
  

   separate 
  house, 
  accommodating 
  two 
  families, 
  one 
  upon 
  each 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  fire. 
  Sometimes 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  fire 
  in 
  every 
  apartment, 
  but 
  

   more 
  frequently 
  for 
  every 
  other 
  partition, 
  so 
  that 
  one 
  fire 
  would 
  

   answer 
  for 
  four 
  families. 
  Not 
  unfrequently 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  houses 
  

   contained 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  twenty 
  families, 
  all 
  bound 
  together 
  by 
  the 
  

   nearer 
  ties 
  of 
  relationship, 
  and 
  constituting 
  in 
  effect 
  one 
  family. 
  

   They 
  carried 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  " 
  living 
  in 
  common" 
  to 
  its 
  full 
  ex- 
  

   tent. 
  Whatever 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  chase, 
  or 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  fields, 
  

   or 
  gathered 
  in 
  its 
  natural 
  state 
  by 
  any 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  united 
  fami- 
  

   lies, 
  enured 
  to 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  all, 
  for 
  their 
  stores 
  of 
  every 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  were 
  common. 
  They 
  had 
  regular 
  hours 
  for 
  cooking 
  through 
  

   the 
  whole 
  establishment, 
  and 
  whatever 
  was 
  prepared 
  was 
  free 
  to 
  

   all. 
  After 
  the 
  morning 
  repast 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  no 
  regular 
  meal, 
  

   but 
  they 
  satisfied 
  their 
  appetites 
  whenever 
  it 
  was 
  convenient. 
  

   As 
  they 
  used 
  no 
  tables 
  in 
  ancient 
  times 
  they 
  took 
  their 
  food 
  sep- 
  

   arately, 
  and 
  whenever 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  done 
  with 
  the 
  least 
  trouble, 
  

   the 
  males 
  first, 
  and 
  the 
  females 
  afterwards. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  side 
  

   doors 
  to 
  the 
  long 
  house, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  necessary 
  consequence 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  hall 
  or 
  avenue 
  through 
  the 
  house 
  from 
  end 
  to 
  

   end. 
  In 
  constructing 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  houses, 
  spaces 
  were 
  left 
  at 
  in- 
  

   tervals 
  through 
  it 
  for 
  store 
  rooms, 
  which 
  were 
  open 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  

   were 
  contiguous. 
  Other 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  these 
  patriarchal 
  house- 
  

   holds 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  might 
  be 
  pointed 
  out 
  ; 
  but 
  sufiicient 
  has 
  

   been 
  said 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  general 
  idea 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  single 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  

   house 
  of 
  our 
  primitive 
  inhabitants. 
  

  

  A 
  Mr. 
  Greenhalgh, 
  in 
  1677, 
  visited 
  the 
  Seneca 
  village 
  of 
  Bd-yo- 
  

   de-Ao/c-^o, 
  signifying 
  a 
  "bended 
  creek," 
  situated 
  upon 
  a 
  bend 
  of 
  

   the 
  Honeoye 
  outlet 
  west 
  of 
  Mendon, 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Monroe. 
  

   Under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  '^ 
  Tiotohatton," 
  he 
  thus 
  speaks 
  of 
  it; 
  — 
  (Doc. 
  

   Hist., 
  N. 
  Y., 
  vol. 
  l,p. 
  13) 
  "Tiotohatton 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  brink 
  or 
  edge 
  

   of 
  a 
  hill 
  ; 
  has 
  not 
  much 
  cleared 
  ground 
  ; 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  river 
  Tioto- 
  

   hatton, 
  which 
  signifies 
  bending. 
  It 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  of 
  Can- 
  

   agorah, 
  about 
  thirty 
  miles, 
  containing 
  about 
  120 
  houses, 
  being 
  

   the 
  largest 
  of 
  all 
  we 
  saw, 
  (the 
  ordinary 
  being 
  from 
  fifty 
  to 
  sixty^ 
  

   feet 
  long,) 
  with 
  from 
  twelve 
  to 
  thirteen 
  fires 
  in 
  one 
  house. 
  They 
  

   have 
  good 
  store 
  of 
  corn 
  growing 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  

  

  