A large collection of images from the manuscript, including maps. These images can also be found on various pages in context with the information on the page.
Rush S. Wilson (Ha-ja-ah-gwysh)
He Carries the Fire
Chief of Cayuga Nation
Hiram Tallchief (Dah-eh-Jeh-doh)
Burning Hand
Cayuga Chief
Edwin M. Spring (Ho-dyah-yoh-gweh)
Spreading Sky
Cayuga Chief
Alexander John (Ska-no-eh)
Fleeting Arrow
Head Chief of the Cayuga
Thomas Orphan Asylum
Rev. Henry Silverheels and Wife
Ex-Chief and president, Seneca Nation
Grant Mountpleasant (Ne-no-kar-wa)
Warrior Chief, Turtle Tribe
Enos Johnson (Ka-re-wah-da-wer)
Warming-toned Voice
Bear Tribe
Aunt Dinah
107 year old, Onondaga
Andrew John Jr. (Gar-stea-ode)
Standing Rock, Seneca
Alexander Solomon (Arch-sis-O-ri-henn)
He is to Blame
Son of Old Chief Solomon of the Six Nation
Thomas Williams (Ta-ker-yer-ter)
President of Tuscarora Nation, 1890
Beaver Clan
Luther W. Jack (Ta-wer-da-quoit)
Two boots Standing Together
Sachem Chief of Wolf Tribe, Tuscarora
Elias Johnson (To-wer-na-kee)
Historian of the Tuscaroras
Wolf Tribe
Daniel Printup (Da-quar-ter-anh)
Sachem of the West
Treasurer of the Tuscarora Nation
Philip Tarbell (Ta-ra-ke-te)
Hat-rim Protects the Neck
Wolf Clan of St. Regis Indians
Peter Herring (Tier-a-nen-sa-no-ken)
Deer House
Turtle Clan of St. Regis Indians
Joseph Wood (So-se-sals-ne-ke-ken)
Snow Crust
Heron Clan of St. Regis Indians
Charles White (sare-the-ne-wa-na)
Two Hide Together
Wolf Clan of St. Regis Indians
Angus White (En-neas-ne-ka-unta-a)
Small Stick of Wood
Snipe Clan of St. Regis Indians
William Cooper (Her-nohn-gwe-sers)
Seek a Wife
Thomas LaForte (Sho-heh-do-nah)
Large Feather
Methodist Minister, Onondaga
Orris Farmer (Ho-de-gweh)
Absconder, Onondaga
John Griffin (Wer-dyah-saha)
Cheap
Jaris Pierce (Jah-dah-dieh)
Sailing Whale
Clerk of Six Nations, Onondaga
David Moses (Jo-Weese)
Chipping Bird
Chauncey H. Abrams (Nis-hen-nyah-nant)
Falling Day
Albert Cusick (Sa-go-neh-guah-deh)
Provoker, Onondaga
Thomas Webster (Ha-yah-du-gih-wah)
“Bitter Body”
Keeper of the Wampum
Snipe Tribe, Onondaga
Daniel LaForte (Ha-You-Ws Esh)
“Intestine Bruiser”
Chairman of the League
Wolf Tribe, Onondaga
Wing or dust Fan Wampum, Presidentia of Six Nations
Presidentia of the Iroquois Wampum, about 1540
Group of four wampums and turtle rattle used in Feather Dance
Six wampums of the Six nations
Reading The Wampums
Named from left to right: Joseph Snow (Chan-ly-e-ya, Drifted Snow), Onondaga chief; George H. M. Johnson (Je-yung-heh-kwung, Double Life), Mohawk chief, official interpreter; John Buck (Skan-a-wa-ti, Beyond the Swamp), Onondaga chief, keeper of the wampum; John Smoke Johnson (Sack-a-yung-kwar-to. Disappearing Knot), Mohawk chief, speaker of the council, father of George H. M. Johnson; Isaac Hill (Te-yem-tho-hi-sa, Two Doors Closed), Onondaga chief; and John Seneca Johnson (Ka-nun g-he-ri-taws, Entangled Hair Given), Seneca chief.
Theodore F. Jimerson (De-hah-teh)
“Enlightened”
Grandson of Mary Jimerson
Cattaraugus Seneca
Solomon O. Bail (Ho-Neh-no-oh)
“Not to be Persuaded or Convinced”
Great Grandson of Cornplanter, Cattaraugus Seneca
Chester C. Lay (Ho-do-eh-ji-ah)
“Bearing the Earth”
Official Interpreter and ex-President
Seneca Nation
St. Regis Reservation Map, 1890
Tuscarora Reservation Map, 1890
Cattaraugus Reservation Map, 1890
The oil spring, just outside Cuba New York, was so highly regarded by the Seneca that they always reserved it in their land-sale treaties.
Allegany Reservation Map, 1890
Tonawanda Reservation Map, 1890
Onondaga Reservation, 1890
Onondaga, County, New York
Map of the Country of the Five Nations
Governor Tryon’s Map of 1771
Solomon George (Wal hah-leigh)
“Watchful” Oneida chief
Henry Powliss (Was-theel-go)
“Throwing up Pins” Oneida
Caroline A Mountpleasant (Ge-keah-saw-sa),
The Peacemaker, Queen of the Senecas -Wolf Clan
Abram Hill (Ga-haeh-da-seah)
“Whirlwind” Oneida
Joshua Jones (Sa-sun-nah-gan-deeh)
“Half name” Half blood, Oneida
