Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I
say if they are three men, they paint three guns, if they are more and there are some who have a
bow and no gun, they put down a bow.
When they return from hunting and are near the village they do the same thing and add the number of beasts they have killed
-- that
is to
say, they paint the Deer,
and the Stag from the head to
the neck; if some are male they add antlers; they paint the other animals entire; if they are some
days at the chase they mark the number as you see on the other plate. c.
Club which they use to break the skull when they are at war.
'J'lic PoT'lrail
ca/iiii
ofa Savage on a 1/oard in l/iriv
on nliir/i l/i.ej/ ordinarily paint, 7> ow often, •
ftehasfteen lowar.how many men hf.7iasla.hen
a in/ /all (7 i'
o
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THE IROQUOIS AND OTHER INDIAN TRIBES.
Stake to tie the prisoners. leg
They place his
between these two posts in the hollow of
--that
the larger
is the
two posts catch the leg
above the ankle, and they afterwards join one to the other and tie them at a man's height
sometimes higher, so that it is impossible to
withdraw the foot without untying the cords.
OBSERVATIONS OF WENTWORTH GREENHALGH,
A JOURNEY FROM ALBANY TO Y e INDIANS, WESTWARD ; th 1677, AND ENDED JULY Y e 14, FOLLOWING. Lond. Doc. III. ]
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The Maquaes have four townes, vict. Cahaniaga, Canagora, Canajorha, Tionondogue, besides one small village about 110 miles from Albany.