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There are in the village about ten Miamis who bear in their arms, a Crane , - 10
Eight Illinois Kaskakias are also included whose device is a feather of an arrow,
—i r ~~ v j-i notched ; (X) or two arrows supported one against the other insaltier (like a St. Andrew’s cross.
These are the nations best known to us as well along the great river of the Outawas asnorth and south of Lakes Superior and Michigan . I propose now proceeding again fromMontreal by way of the Lakes to Missilimakinak.
From Montreal on the Lake route, I spoke of Sault St. Louis , on the first sheet.
Toniata.
Some Iroquois , to the number of eight or ten men have retired to this quarter. Their deviceis without doubt, like that of the village from which issue the Deer , the Plover, &c.,as hereafter, - -- -- -. .-10
Lake Ontario , or south of Frontenac.
There are no more Iroquois settled.
The Mississagucs are dispersed, along this lake, some at Rente, others at the River Toronto,and final '> at the head of the Lake , to the number of one hundred and fifty in all,
and at Matchedach,.150
The principal tribe is that of the Crane .
The Iroquois are in the interior and in five villages, about fifteen leagues from the Lake , ona pretty straight line, altho’ one days journey distant from each other. This nation,though much diminished, is still powerful.
South of Lake Frontenac.
The Onondagoes number two hundred warriors. The device of the village is a Cabin on the
top of a mountain,.. - : - - 200
The Mohawks, towards New-England , not far from Orange (Albany) are eighty men, and
have for device of the village a Battefeu [ a Steel ] and a flint, 80
The Oneidas, their neighbours, number one hundred men or a hundred warriors, - - 100
This village has for device a Stone in a fork of a tree, or in a tree notched with
some blows of an axe.
The Cayugas form a village of one hundred and twenty warriors. Their device generally is
a very large Calumet,. 120
The Senecas form two villages in which are three hundred and fifty men. Their device is a
Besides the arms of each village, each tribe has its own, and every man has hisparticular mark to designate him. Thus the Oneida designates his village by aStone [ in J a fork—next he designates his tribe by the bird or animal, and finallyhe denotes himself by his punctures. See the designs which I had the honor to sendyou in 1732 by Father Francois, the Recollet.
The five villages which belong to the same tribe, have for their arms in common,the Plover, to which I belong; 1 the Bear, the Tortoise, the Eel, the Deer , the Beaver,
the Potatoe, the Falcon, the Lark, and the Partridge. _
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1 M. be Joncaire, the supposed author of this Report, is here thought to be alluded to. He was adopted at an earlyperiod by the Senecas, among whom he had much influence.