Letter transmitting supplemental report on their past and
present history, 21
I. HISTORICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL MINUTES, 25
_a._ Sketch of the Iroquois Groups of Aboriginal Tribes, 25
_b._ Ethnological suggestions, 33
_c._ Indian Cosmogony, 36
_d._ Gleams of their ancient general history, 38
II. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE IROQUOIS, AS A DISTINCT PEOPLE, 41
_a._ Mohawks, 43
_b._ Oneidas and the Oneida stone, (with three engravings,) 46
_c._ Onondagas, (with a figure,) 54
_d._ Cayugas, 57
_e._ Senecas and their origin, 59
_f._ Tuscaroras, and their flight from North Carolina, 64
_g._ Necariages, 69
_h._ St. Regis colony, 70
III. EPOCH AND PRINCIPLES OF THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE, 73
_a._ Considerations, 73
_b._ Era of the confederacy, 73
_c._ Principles of their government and Totemic Bond, 76
_d._ Ancient worship and system of astronomy, 85
_e._ Witchcraft, its theory and practical evils, 87
_f._ Wife’s right to property—limited nature of marriage
contract, 88
IV. ARCHÆOLOGY, 91
_a._ Vestiges of an ancient French fort in Lenox,
(with a plan,) 93
_b._ Ancient site of the Onondagas at Kasonda,
(with a sketch,) 96
_c._ Antiquities of Pompey, Camillus, &c., 103
_d._ Ancient fort of Osco at Auburn, (with a plan,) 106
_e._ Vestiges of an ancient elliptical work at Canandaigua,
(with an outline,) 109
_f._ Fort-Hill, Genesee county, (with a plan,) 111
_g._ Rock-citadel of Kienuka, in Niagara county,
(with a plan,) 116
_h._ Circular fort at Deoseowa, Erie county,
(with an outline,) 120