MEMORANDUM OF PAPERS.
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Letter from the Secretary of State, laying the result of the census before the Senate, 1
Statistical report, communicating the census returns, 3
Letter transmitting supplemental report on their past and present history, 21
I. Historical and Ethnological Minutes, 25
a. Sketch of the Iroquois Groups of Aboriginal Tribes, 25
b. Ethnological suggestions, 33
c. Indian Cosmogony, 36
d. Gleams of their ancient general history, 38
II. Origin and History of the Iroquois, as a distinct people, 41
a. Mohawks, 43
b. Oneidas and the Oneida stone, (with three engravings,) 46
c. Onondagas, (with a figure,) 54
d. Cayugas, 57
e. Senecas and their origin, 59
f. Tuscaroras, and their flight from North Carolina, 64
g. Necariages, 69
h. St. Regis colony, 70
III. Epoch and Principles of the Iroquois League, 73
a. Considerations, 73
b. Era of the confederacy, 73
c. Principles of their government and Totemic Bond, 76
d. Ancient worship and system of astronomy, 85
e. Witchcraft, its theory and practical evils, 87
f. Wife’s right to property—limited nature of marriage contract, 88
IV. Archæology, 91
a. Vestiges of an ancient French fort in Lenox, (with a plan,) 93
b. Ancient site of the Onondagas at Kasonda, (with a sketch,) 96
c. Antiquities of Pompey, Camillus, &c., 103
d. Ancient fort of Osco at Auburn, (with a plan,) 106
e. Vestiges of an ancient elliptical work at Canandaigua, (with an outline,) 109
f. Fort-Hill, Genesee county, (with a plan,) 111
g. Rock-citadel of Kienuka, in Niagara county, (with a plan,) 116
h. Circular fort at Deoseowa, Erie county, (with an outline,) 120
V. Ancient State of Indian Art, 125
VI. Relics of Aboriginal Art in Western New-York, 133
Class 1. Nabikoagunä, [medals,] 134
Class 2. Medäekä, [amulets,] 137
Class 3. Attejegunä, [implements of art,] 139
Class 4. Opoagunä, [pipes,] 140
Class 5. Minäce, [beads,] 142
Class 6. Peägä, [wampums,] 143
Class 7. Mudwämina, [jingling dress ornaments,] 143
Class 8. Otoaugunä, [ear jewels,] 144
Class 9. Æs, [shells,] 144
Class 10. Ochalis, [nose jewels,] 145
VII. Oral Traditions of the Iroquois, Historical and Symbolic, 147
a. Ancient shipwreck of a vessel on the coast, 147
b. Forays into the Cherokee and Cataba country, 148
c. Exploit of Hiadeoni, 150
d. Seneca embassy of peace to the Cherokees, and exploit of Awl, 153
e. Grave-yard serpent and corn giant 154
f. Allusion to the siege of Fort Stanwix and battle of Oriskany, 155
g. Defeat of the Kah-Kwahs, 155
h. Epoch of the confederacy, 156
i. Some passages of their wars with monsters and giants, 156
VIII. Topical Inquiries, 163
a. Who were the Eries? 164
b. Building of the first vessel on the upper lakes, 166
c. Who were the Alleghans? 168
d. War with the Kah-Kwahs and their retreat down the Allegany, 176
IX. Miscellaneous Traits, 181
a. Infant Atotarho, 181
b. Red Jacket and the Wyandot and Delaware claim to supremacy, 182
c. Brant and the Buffalo church, 183
d. The county clerk and the wolf scalp, 184
e. Specimen of Iroquois picture writing, 132
X. Moral and Social Condition and Prospects, 185
Abstract of Census Returns, 191
Deaf and Dumb, Idiots, Lunatics and Blind, 201
APPENDIX.
Benton, 203
Extracts from author’s private journal, 206
Clark, 233
Cusick, 237
Goodwin, 241
Follett, 243
Dewey, 246
Rockwood, with Tuscarora vocabulary, 250
Bliss, 261
Hall, 263
McMurray, with Mohawk and Cayuga vocabulary, 264
Shearman, with Oneida vocabulary, 278
Walker, 282
Van Schaack, 283
Morgan, 284