CHAP. XII. 
INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM LAHEISEY, KING 
OF THE MATSLAROO. 
LaHEISEY is the son of Makotway ; who was 
the son of Shoopee ; the son of Rakeery ; son of 
Monteer ; son of Morookonailly ; son of Loocha- 
rimaw ; son of Matslaroo, in whose time they se- 
parated from the Marootzee. Allowing each of 
these chiefs to have governed twenty years, in- 
cluding Laheisey himself, by tradition he can go 
back one hundred and sixty years. Though he 
appeared to be a very aged man, he had seldom 
occasion to refer to others for information. He 
related his genealogy with great apparent indif- 
ference, probably from not being able to compre- 
hend the object of our curiosity. 
He told us that the reason why we found him 
living at Turreehey, and not higher up the 
Krooman at Patannee, was because the latter 
