The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I — Passage 13
[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] The five villages wMch belong to the same tribe, have for their arms in common, the Plover, to wMch I belong; » the Bear, the Tortoise, the Eel, the Deer, the Beaver, the Potatoe, the Falcon, the Lark, and the Partridge. 7585 1 M. de Joncaire, the supposed author of this Report, is here thought to be alluded to. He was adopted at an early-period by the Senecas, among whom he had much influence. 22 THE IROQUOIS AND OTHER INDIAN TRIBES. 7585 I doubt not but the other nations are as well distinguished, but our voyaguers, having little curiosity in these matters, have not been able to give me any information. The Tuscarorens have a village of two hundred and fifty men near the Onondagoes, who brought them along. I know not their hieroglyphics, -----250