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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849. 265 words

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'

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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.