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  My Brothers: When the warm suns came and the death-sheets of snow that covered the ground were turned to leaping streams of laughing water, the Mohawks


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id: 14590
author: Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
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  A NEW HOCHELAGAN BURYING-GROUND DISCOVERED AT WESTMOUNT ON THE WESTERN rumored to be possibly Indian, Mr. Earle secured the skull, which excavating in the St. George''s Club-house grounds found three skeletons interred at a depth of from two to two and a half feet and concluding them to be probably Indian from the prominent cheek bones Hochelaga, this burying-ground is on the out skirts of a town site, of the Mountain where the Montreal Indian converts lived, were made by the Town of Westmount to the excavation on the club house grounds, On raising these, a skeleton was found of a tall young man laid on the The bones of this skeleton, are fragile, broken and considerably This skeleton is that of a large and powerfully built man, the bones This skeleton is also that of a large powerfully built man, even The bones are long, large and heavy with marked

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  A New Hochelagan Burying-ground Discovered at Westmount on the Western Spur of Mount Royal, Montreal, July-September, 1898


id: 14777
title: Hochelagans and Mohawks: A Link in Iroquois History
author: Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
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  Hochelagans and Mohawks; A Link in Iroquois History. positive traditions of all the surviving tribes, Hurons, Iroquois and ancient race of Hochelaga, whose town on the island of Montreal was Proceeding up the river near Hochelaga he found "a great number of the armour of the early Hurons and Iroquois[5] as found by Champlain, the Ottawa route to Lake Huron used by the Jesuits in the next century. the west shore of Lake Huron," of Charlevoix, (Book XI.) though it is who are apparently Huron-Iroquois, are here referred to as "good (Montreal), and down the Richelieu River to Lake Champlain, the valley in possession of a Huron-Iroquois race, dominated by Hochelaga, a town adventurous fishing party) from the great Huron-Iroquois centre about pottery and other evidence as being Huron-Iroquois.[8] Cartier, as we Iroquois that the war with the Hurons was then "more than fifty years" two peoples--Mohawks and Iroquets--had no great time before, if not at


id: 18635
author: nan
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  1. _A Nation of_ Indians _living on the West Side of the Lake_ Erie, valuable _Indian_ Goods for the Lands situate on the Eastern Side of the of Land by your People, we desire you will, on your Return home, give Goods with the other Nations.--_Canassateego_, their Speaker, said, ''The _America_.--The _Indians_ said, they were pleased to hear their Brethren ''_BRETHREN, the Governor and Council, and all present_, Regard that good Man _William Penn_ had for all the _Indians_, and Time, to make a Present to the _Indians_ of the _Six Nations_, now in The Governor informed the Board, that the _Indian_ Chiefs dining with 1740, with a String of _Wampum_, said in Answer: ''The _Six Nations_ had The Governor spoke to the Chiefs of the _Six Nations_ as follows: The last Time the Chiefs of the _Six Nations_ were here, they were the Governor, the Council, the Assembly, and all our People.

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  The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia, in July 1742 To which is Prefix''d an Account of the first Confederacy of the Six Nations, their present Tributaries, Dependents, and Allies


id: 30795
title: The Song of Hiawatha: An Epic Poem
author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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  Like the tree-tops of the forest, With his great eyes lights the wigwam? Sat the little Hiawatha; Saw the moon rise from the water There he waited till the deer came, 200 Gleamed like drifting snow his tresses, Long and loud laughed Hiawatha! Tresses flowing like the water, Filled the heart of Hiawatha? Long he looked at Hiawatha, Came with food for Hiawatha, 185 Like a yellow water-lily. Like a yellow water-lily. Like a white moon in the water; Till he felt a great heart beating, Like a birch log in the water, Like a birch log in the water, Till the listening Hiawatha Hiawatha waits your coming!" Gravely then said old Nokomis: Till from Hiawatha''s wigwam In those days said Hiawatha, Thus said Hiawatha, walking 35 Glistened like the sun in water; 45 Flying in great flocks, like arrows, And, like the water''s flow I have loved them all like a father.


id: 22096
title: Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children
author: Powers, Mabel
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  The old-time Indians say that long, long ago, the Little People made a In his dream the Indian saw a great White Bird coming out of the east. Many, many moons before the White man came, a little Indian boy was left An old mother bear found the little Indian boy. Now a great bird that lives in the sky had flown into the council tree, One day, the old man told her that the Great Spirit had sent him to For some time, the little brown thrush flew along the Great Sky Trail. At last the little Indian boy grew so sick and faint for want of food The little birds said, "We do not like the plain, dark suits which the White man came, no trees were felled, and no animals or birds were "In that tree," said the little chief, "lives a great, black bear.


id: 22601
author: Hale, Horatio
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  There was at this time among the Onondagas a chief of high rank whose summoned a meeting of the chiefs and people of the Onondaga towns. Hiawatha from Onondaga to the country of the Mohawks is to the Five chief Dekanawidah, whose name, in point of celebrity, ranks in Iroquois nation has always had a head-chief, to whom belonged the hereditary right in council, the adhesion of the Mohawk nation was secured. They finally accepted the league; and the great chief, who had the leading chief then expressed in the great council the voice of his When the League was established, Hiawatha had been adopted by the Mohawk nation as one of their chiefs. speeches in which he addressed the council and the people of the league took refuge with the Iroquois, and became the sixth nation of the League. As Hiawatha had been made a chief among the Mohawks, he

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  Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation A Study in Anthropology. A Paper Read at the Cincinnati Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in August, 1881, under the Title of "A Lawgiver of the Stone Age."


id: 19
title: The Song of Hiawatha
author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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  Like the tree-tops of the forest, Sat the little Hiawatha; Saw the moon rise from the water There he waited till the deer came, "Welcome!" said he, "Hiawatha, Long and loud laughed Hiawatha! Tresses flowing like the water, Filled the heart of Hiawatha? Long he looked at Hiawatha, Came with food for Hiawatha, Like a yellow water-lily. Like a yellow water-lily. Like a birch log in the water, Till the water-flags and rushes Heard the shout of Hiawatha, Till he felt a great heart beating, Till the listening Hiawatha Hiawatha waits your coming!" Till at sunset Hiawatha, Warning said the old Nokomis; Gravely then said old Nokomis: Sat his daughter, Laughing Water, Till from Hiawatha''s wigwam In those days said Hiawatha, Thus said Hiawatha, walking In her wigwam Laughing Water Glistened like the sun in water; Homeward now came Hiawatha Flying in great flocks, like arrows, Minneha''ha, Laughing Water; wife of Hiawatha;


id: 6913
author: Radisson, Pierre Esprit
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  arrival in England "wee went out with a new Company in two small vessels, Uppon this heere comes a great number of armed men, enters the went to cutt wood; whilst they weare att worke there comes foure men and We weare in great danger going downe the streame of that river ffor my boat and an other, wherein weare 2 men & a woman Iroquoit, stayed 8 other french, 3 came to meet us from the fort, which weare but 30 leagues Goeing up that same river we meet 2 french that weare fishing a kind of Having come to the landing place att the foot of the fort, we found there a Having come to the watter side, where their boats weare, saw the The day following wee weare sett uppon by a Company of Iroquoits that In the meane time we told the people that they weare men, & if they must,

title:
  Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Being an Account of His Travels and Experiences Among the North American Indians, from 1652 to 1684


id: 7339
title: An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830
author: Hubbard, John Niles
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  the Indians proposed--Services sought by Great Britain--Sketch of Sir Wm. Johnson--Red Jacket''s position--Taunt of cowardice--Testimony of Little Washington--Red Jacket''s reply--Cause of Indian hostilities. their land--Council at Big Tree--Coming of the Wadsworths--Indian Council to obtain an extinguishment of the Indian title--Red Jacket''s Red Jacket though not at this time a chief, was a young man of Expedition under Gen. Harmar--Its failure--High hopes of the Indians--Col. Proctor''s visit to the Indians at Buffalo Creek--Red Jacket''s speech-Among the Indian chiefs present were Young King, Farmer''s Brother and Red his sallies." [Footnote: Col. Stone''s Life and Times of Red Jacket.] Prophet''s Town--Great Indian Council at the West--Red Jacket''s claim for Prophet''s Town--Great Indian Council at the West--Red Jacket''s claim for Council to obtain the lands--Mr. Ogden''s speech--Red Jacket''s reply-Indian chief, Red Jacket, was in the year 1821, at the residence of was accompanying Red Jacket to an Indian council, in the course of general


id: 7978
title: Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians
author: Johnson, Elias
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  The present Tuscarora Indians, the once powerful and gifted nation, after the sachems, chiefs and head men of the Seneca Nation of Indians executed the said Tuscarora Indians, shall, on or before the twenty-fifth day of Tuscarora Indians since the year one thousand seven hundred and sixtysix, and previous to the first day of December last past, shall not be authenticated, by said tribe or nation of Indians, it shall be his duty land are secured to the New York Indians of the Six Nations and the St. Regis tribe, as a future home, on the condition that they all remove to head men of the Seneca Nation of Indians, duly assembled in council, and That the said chiefs and head men of the Seneca Nation of Indians, in the said Tuscarora Nation of Indians of, in and to the same, and to every


id: 6581
title: A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians
author: Mackenzie, J. B.
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  The conditions which govern the Indian''s occupation of his Reserve are, hand, an Indian woman intermarry with a white man, such act compels, those, of course, who hold the like office in other Indian districts) are there provoked, that the Indian''s powers of oratory come, for the whole, that I do no injustice to the white man, when I credit the Indian The Indian woman has a finer development, as a rule, than the white It is often claimed for the Indian that, before the white man put him in Certain notions, bound up with the Indian''s practice, in times now Indian is much more prone to follow the evil than the moral practices The present Indian legislation, in my judgment, operates in every way Indian in his present trading relations with the white, to the wider more frequent contact with the white, that would ensue upon the Indian''s


id: 7783
title: Birch Bark Legends of Niagara
author: Owahyah
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  The dark frown passed from the Great Oak''s face as he addressed his The Great Manitou smiled on the young brave; sent "Let our brother, the young brave who followed where War Eagle led, and "Why do my children wait for the voice of a Chief, whose words fall like Great Oak, Black Snake with a single bound stood in front of the Chiefs. "Black Snake sends a true arrow, but the Manitou guided Grey Eagle''s. chiefs are gone the hunters will follow," said Black Snake, as himself evening fire for the great chiefs; the young braves follow with their lights and dark shades, as Grey Eagle and Black Snake alternately "The Grey Eagle is a great chief, and Black Snake is his brother. Fawn will go to meet her father and the tall chief, while Black Snake thereafter to the mingle tribes of Great Oak''s and Grey Eagle''s people,


id: 8567
title: The Iroquois Book of Rites
author: Hale, Horatio
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  NOTE A.--Names of the Huron-Iroquois Nations [Illustration: THE HURON-IROQUOIS NATIONS AND THE SURROUNDING TRIBES. "nations" of the Iroquois confederacy first became known to European origin and meaning of the names commonly given to the Iroquois nations.] summoned a meeting of the chiefs and people of the Onondaga towns. accepted the league; and the great chief, who had originally opposed it, decided; and the leading chief then expressed in the great council the "the great god of the Iroquois." Among the Onondagas of the present day, The place of meeting was commonly the chief town of the nation which had following litany to the fifty great hereditary chiefs of the Iroquois, chiefs is preceded by the words "_Nene Tehadirihoken_," meaning the primitive meaning of the word, which the Hurons and the proper Iroquois the names of the fifty chiefs who formed the first council would have


id: 35720
author: Colden, Cadwallader
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  _French_, and who lie between _New-York_ and the Nations of _Indians_ in All these Nations of _Indians_ who came to _Albany_ said, that the Time, to make a Present to the _Indians_ of the Six Nations now in Town, said Province, shall at any Time hereafter have or maintain any Persons to whom the said _William Penn_, or his Heirs, shall at any Time said Province, to the Number of Twenty, shall at any Time hereafter be of the said provincial Council shall be chosen to serve for three Years T H A T the Governor and provincial Council shall at all Times have Power that Year, if the said provincial Council shall see Occasion for their T H A T the Governor and provincial Council shall, at all Times, settle T H A T the Governor and provincial Council shall, at all Times, settle shall judge convenient for the good Government of the said Province and

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  Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada


id: 35719
author: Colden, Cadwallader
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  _The Wars and Treaties of Peace of the_ Indians _of the_ Five Nations _New-York_ likewise having obtained a Peace between the _Five Nations_ that Time, spirited up the _Indians_ against the _English_; the national the _English_ and _French_ Crowns, while he was Governor of _New-York_, The _French_, in the Time they were at Peace with the _Five Nations_, home again, tho'' our Nations be at War: The _French_ Governor has made _The History of the_ Five Indian Nations _of_ Canada, _from the Time of War with the _French_, and came several Times to _Albany_ to know the _The_ Five Nations _continue the War with the_ French; _the_ Mohawks between the _French_ and _Five Nations_ might be of to all the _English_ Nations_ warred against the _French_, while the _English_ favoured these Nations to have joined with them in warring on the _French_. _Canada_, about the _French_ Prisoners which the _Five Nations_ had in

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  The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Which are dependent on the Province of New-York, and are a barrier between the English and the French in that part of the world


id: 39401
title: The Frontiersmen
author: Aimard, Gustave
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  and line, Barton, with Ralph and Ichabod, proceeded to the pond, where little like labor, Ralph turned to Ichabod, and said, "Eagle''s Wing," said Ichabod, imitating the language of the Tuscarora, "Canendesha got quick eye," said the other Seneca; "he cunning Injin. "For," said Barton, "if the Senecas should dare to attack the cottage, "I say, Eagle''s-Wing," said Ichabod, "I don''t half like this business. The rifle of Ichabod was discharged; and the Seneca--for an Indian it "I hope, with you, Miss Barton," said Ralph, "that the Indians have "I don''t ask any kind of marcy of you, Panther," said Ichabod, "I know "My brother has heard the Singing-Bird of the Tuscaroras," said Panther; "I know the Indian to whom you allude," said Ralph. "Other time, Seneca want prisoner," said the Tuscarora. "Lord love you, Captain," said Ichabod, "Eagle''s-Wing knows Injin natur'' "Eagle''s-Wing great chief," said the Indian, quietly, "he know how to


id: 33023
author: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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  principle of intellectual emulation, in the fields of history, science ancient race.--They paint him as a man of war--of endurance--of that this people are sometimes called the NINE nations of the Iroquois. well as the great Algonquin family, there existed the totem or clan of of the separation of the tribes into a fixed member of original clans; was to preserve the NAMES of the original founders of the nation.--These Council, the power to make war or peace, and to regulate public policy. 5. I have left myself but little time to speak of the origin and early the general and shadowy traditions of men, which our hunter race, have present state of ancient history, poetry and letters. facts in their origin and history, we know very little. and general one, of the origin of the Red Race. The great hill at the head of Canandaigua Lake, from whence the Senecas

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  An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem


id: 31926
title: The Story of Hiawatha, Adapted from Longfellow
author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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  On the summer evenings, little Hiawatha would hear the pine-trees red deer?" asked Hiawatha, and he prayed to the Great Manito to tell him The next day, Hiawatha walked by the bank of the river, and saw the wild IN his wonderful canoe, Hiawatha sailed over the shining Big-Sea-Water your bow, Hiawatha," said Nokomis, "and your war-club and your magic Hiawatha left his wigwam for the home of the old Arrow-maker, and he ran "Welcome, Hiawatha," said the old Arrow-maker in a grave but friendly Chibiabos, sing your love songs!" and Hiawatha and Nokomis said: "Yes, thoughtful Hiawatha said to Minnehaha: "To-night you shall bless the Hiawatha looked through the roof and cried: "Ah, Pau-Puk-Keewis, I know Hiawatha took the ghost of Pau-Puk-Keewis and changed it into a great Turning Hiawatha saw the two strange guests who had not said a word when The wretched Hiawatha, miles away in the dark forest, heard Minnehaha


id: 46795
title: The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes; or, On the Trail of the Iroquois
author: Rathborne, St. George
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  Whenever Bob and Sandy Armstrong went into the great forests to seek "I think I feel a little like Captain Brady does about Indians," Sandy friend to us?" demanded Bob. The young Indian to whom he referred was a Shawanee brave who had been "LISTEN!" said Bob, his lips placed as close to the ear of his brother For two days Bob and Sandy had not been out in the forest save to look This time it was Bob''s turn to fire first, while Sandy held himself in white father, Sandy, Bob. On way when see fire flash through trees. Bob and Sandy kept Blue Jacket between them. The boys had just come in sight of their cabin when Sandy saw something "Bob--Sandy, come and take me home to mother. none hear Blue Jacket tell how Bob, Sandy come all way from Ohio to


id: 58228
title: The Legends of the Iroquois
author: nan
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  told in the homes of the red men many centuries ago, long before they The chief told the Great Spirit that the red men Then the Great Spirit told them he would turn his smiling face away from The Great Spirit told his children that every year, as a From the villages far away came the young chiefs and warriors, and together tell the Great Spirit that the lovers of the Indian maidens Great Spirit as he came from his wigwam to open the new day. men who had listened to the bad spirits came upon the peaceful village, There was a time when the animals came to the great council-fires WHEN the Great Spirit brought the red men from the Happy Hunting-Grounds A LONG time before the white men came, there lived a wise sachem who Great Spirit, the council of thy people here assembled, the men and


