CHAPTER VIII.
RELICS FOUND EST THE ANTIQUE; GRAVES ANfi TUMULI
' OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
Nabikoâguna — medals,' , - ; - - ^-231
■ Medâêka — amulets* ;', - - ' ■ SfflgP P W W R J 235
Attajeguna— implements, &c., - - , - ' • 238
'Opeaguna— pipes, - - | - - ■ 1 ’ ’ 239
Minacea—heads* k ■, ."^V’ - 242
Pehga — wampums, ', -, j - , - - ■> 424
Mudwâmina — jingling, dress othainents, - - - 244
Otoaguna— ear jewelsi,'■ * _ - - - ■ 246
Qçhalisa— nose, iewelâ, ’ - , - w ^*T.247
TRsa—«shells, corns, ornaments,’ - , ' 248
CHAPTER 1%
ORAL TRADITIONS OF THE IROQUOIS, HISTORICAL AND
' ' IMAGINATIVE. -- '
Ancient shipwreck: of avessel art the North American,
coast, - - .- - - - ■ 25 k
Forays into the country of the Cherokees and Catabas, 252
Exploifcjof Haideoni, - - 253
:Seneca' embassy of peace to tile Cherok-Oes, -and heroic-'r •
exploit ^qf Awl, | v~-‘ "/
Crave yard serpent and corn giant, ■?. - .' - | 259
Tradition of the siege of Fort Stafiwix,- • - : 261
Tradition of the defeat of the Kah-kwahs, - h - 2§1
Epoch of the confederacy, ■ - ? - - 262
Some passages of their wars with monsters and giants, , 262
The Iroquois Quetzalcoatl, y.r-'. ■" ■. h 270
- 286
289
- 305
318
CHAPTER X.
topical INQUIRIES.
Who were the Eries? . .
H^tdffig of the first vessel on the upper lakes, -
Who'Were, the Alleghans ? . .
War With the Kah:kwahs, / .♦ ‘ '
Antique «inscribed Stone of Manlius -
the Onondaga country by the ^
•Burning, oH.Sehenectàdy, . ’ .
AnUque currency^f the Manhattanese and their neûjh-
bors, - •' \ i * 6
Cherokee t r a d i t i o n ^ # 'déluge, ’ " I I . , . o f f
•Asiatic origin of the Indian race’, | " 3«6
Lpfet çolhnybf Êaspnda, 1 . p | ^
CHAPTER XI.
LANGUAGE. '
fracture- ofi.the class pf American languages, - - ogo
Comparative'vocabulary of the Iroquois and its cognate'
1 the Wyandot,; - . . . . "
CHAPTER XII.
MORAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION AND' PROSPECTS.
Mission of Pyrlatis and Romeyn
The J,esqits,
Churches among'the Mohawks, &c,', .
Kirkland — Conversion of Skenandoah, -
Evil efiects pf the war, . ^ .
Duties pf civilized society to the Indians,
401
403
406
408
409
412