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n ere di th e ar a en d the ear E t d accor ng to Act of P li m t of Cana a, in y of Our L o rd On e Thousan d Ei ht re an d e -e e g Hund d Nin ty s v n , by THE HU R C H OF NGL AND P U B L ISHING OMP ANY L IM ITED C E C , , in the Office the er r ure at Ottawa. of Minist of Ag icult . IN prepari n g thi s little wo rk I have had assistance fro m a number of fri e nds to whom m k are due but I w e e y than s , ish sp cially to D e S e e de n e e C . E . m r f r to apt Ca ron , up rint n t o f the G an d e e e e M r. m e B ain r Riv r R s rv ; J a s , L ibrarian Toro n to P ublic L ib rary ; C hief Josiah i ak k M r m ee Ken H ll S o ar es an d . , y , Willia R p , we n des h o n e e e k ed m e , Int rpr t r, as an ac nowl g nt of the courte sy which I have re c eived fro m them an d th e trouble which they have tak en to aid m e n cu in fo m i pro r g in r ati o n . M HAD E . C WICK . N TI N P RONU C IA O OF NA MES . THE w r s a e e r e e n o r follo ing ule , lthough n ith compl t re e will b e r r s uffi c ie n t as e th e p cis , o dina ily a guid to pronunciation of names in th e Hu ron-I ro quois languages I . V we are r e as o r r as a a . o ls p onounc d , nea ly , in It li n 2 . D an d T an d G an d K are e r a e a e . , , int ch ng bl . N w e we we s as 3 , h n not follo d by a vo l , is na al , in ‘ Fre nch ; thus Kan o n s ion n i is p ronounc e d as if w ritte n an o iaun e e e r a N h a e ar s K ngs gn . T min l s a p culi na al s w e w r e r re re e a e a e ound hich som it s p s nt , but in d qu t ly , ’ as e h an d e r s a e a e th e , oth s , al o in d qu t ly , by diphthong ea re e r th e firs t a e th e r e m e rl , nd ing n m on oll of chi fs , p p y wr e Te hkarih ok e n as Te hk arih o e a . itt n , g . e S w e H r e as 4 Wh n is follo d by , it is not p onounc d in E the H e re a d r w w nglish , m ly indic ting a slight a l , hich is e e re re e e c th e H firs t as som tim s p s nt d by pla ing , in O h swe k e n . i r r T r e a T n e . 5 . h is p onounc d s I ish b ogu Th e r a o r all d s w e e p onunci tion In ian name , h n us d e ra a e ar rar . e e th e g og phic lly, is quit bit y Som tim s Indian for m is re ta in e d as nearly as th e whit e tongu e c an r e nde r it . e e th e s a e as th e w Som tim s pelling is nglicis d , to nship T e n din a a w r e re e th e aw Tha e n of y g , hich p s nts Moh k y dan e g e a an d in othe r cas e s it is th e p ronunciation which e e c s as th e w . Th e b com s angli i ed , to nship of Onondaga diffic ulty of laying down any guid e fo r such names m ay b e unde rstood by c ompa r ing th e nam e of th e village of Na nti e w r e a s wr e w cok , hich is p onounc d in English just itt n , ith a the w E e w th e a tw o th t of to nship of tobicok , of hich l st 1 0 let e rs are r e d w M r e r Mi i t nea ly mut , an ith imico . p op ly m c e w e re the e a e e r are r e e re . ok , h same t rmin l l tt s d opp d nti ly Many names of pla c e s appear in histo ry with nume rous ar a re re e th e a e ff e re rs s v i tions , p s nting tt mpts of di nt pe on r d f rm O n e w th e to educ e Indian s oun s to wr itt e n o . to n in State of N e w Yo rk is s aid to b e m e ntion e d with ove r a e e ighty variations in form of th e o riginal Indian n m . The o rdinary names of th e Nations of th e I roquois e a e are c s d r e e fo r L gu in angli i e fo m , xc pting Onondaga , w e re e a e d th e hich th is no English quiv l nt , an name is w s r e th e s d e i r al ay p onounc d by Indian , an thos famil a ” w e as O n o n d au a . ith th m , g g T H E ‘ [people of the ILongbouse. U NL IKE most Indian Nations , whose history is generally little more than vague tradition , interesting to few but ethnologists and other scientists , the People of the Longhouse , I ro uois fo m erl q , or Six Nations ( y Five Nations) , as they are variously termed , possess a reliable history of respectable antiquity and of great ts. fo rtu interest , the of which have n ately been partly by the traditions and historical wampum belts of the Nations , and partly by writers , especially the Hon . Cad “ wallader Colde nf David Cusickj a Tuscarora H I ndian , and Lewis . Morgan; a Seneca by adoption , who have also recorded much of their customs and many things of interest . Such things have been in recent times gradually passing out of memory , known only to the t r the F e at 1 0 1 . His o y of iv N ions . London , 75 , 755 f the a 1 83 1 828 1 8 8 re r e the ro s Histo of Six N tions , 5 , , 4 ; p int d in I quoi T ai VV . M . ea a 1 8 2 r l , by B uch mp , 9 2 ea e the Hoden saunee o r r c e ter N .Y. 1 8 x . L gu of , I oquois, Ro h s , , 5 [ 2 older members of the tribes , who have been discouraged from handing them down to their descendants as they themselves received them from their forefathers . I mpressed with the de sirability of not only aiding in the preservation of the antiquities , historical and social , of these people, but also of bringing them within easy access of those to whom they may be of interest —for the two most valuable of the works refer red to are out of print, and scarcely obtainable the writer has taken it upon himself to put forth this little work , which neither pretends to be exhaustive nor attempts to deal with the wider subjects of I ndian origin , life , and customs gen e rall y , as upon those subjects there is much in print , but only with matters immediately con cerning the I roquois , especially such as are little known and seem to him to be worth making better known . From this preliminary explanation it will appear that no especial claim to originality is made by the writer, for much of this work is founded upon the authorities ’ mentioned , supplemented by Horatio Hale s Iroquois Book of Rites , though largely aided by such personal enquiry and observation as the writer has had opportunity of making . t 3 ACC Ol DIN G ‘ to tradition , the b isr0112. t S I! Nations originally were one * people , occupying the neighbourhood of Mon treal , and subject to the domination of the A - dirondacks , a powerful and war like Algon N quin ation , with whom , however , in course of time disputes arose , resulting in a revolt of the Iro uoi who q § _ p were then driven from their ‘ o m i ratin southward h mes , and , g g and westward , dm éifi n m bands which prospered greatly and became the Five Nationsby whom the famous League was formed , and who , having learned the art of war from their conquerors , and hav ing, by their confederacy, combined and con solidated their resources , became the dominant power from the Mississippi to the Atlantic, and from the Southern States to the interior of Ontario .

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