The sun., 1908-02-02


q tAs STATE lfasaum a obincIl vas hsld
at onondaGs and the council Of chiefs paced
the following resolution:
RsSOlrtd. That the Unlverslty oE ths state
Of New York be and is hereby elected wanl-
pun keeper Of the onondaga Nation with
full power. and n shall be its duty to get pos
session of and safely keep forever ell wabi-
pums Of the OnondasS Nation and tina Five
Nations and the Six Nations and each OF them. d,
In order to make the election good and
give the State a true title 10 the waulrSuma
the chiefs passed another resolution as
follows:
Rcsoirsd. That the OnOndAKa Nation does
hereby sell to the University OF the State cf
New York ell wampums for $500. and thar
sachems and chiefs. present all. execute q bill
Of sale for the nation.
SAT-HA-aUB BAPrIsr THOMAS.
SA-nA-oUA-s SER. JACOB BRO BrAA
HA-WEN-Jo-WAH-R, ENoCH ScANASpoAM.
HAsAY-dwA-E-sAY,
HA-E-o LEvr WEBSTER.
Ho-Yo-NE-A-NE. WILLIAM WEBsrEH.
O-oAYIs-oUA, JoRN r FARMRR.
GA-NA-HAotH-TAr, WALLACE CARPRNTRA.
So-DAT-oUA-scuN. ASA wHEEL BARRow.
AH-wA-dA-TAT. OAAIs FAAMER.
TE-HEs-HA, DANIEL La PoRr,
Hos-nAT-oCA.
In the presence Of
HASAtEr NJ CONVERSE.
A. q RICHMOND.
EDWARD ". PAIot
The wAmpums according 10 a stats law.
came into the custody Of the State museum.
where they have been ever since. The
price. $500. which wac paid for them, waA
only nominal one. for even the smallest
belt in the collection was worth far mora
than that sum.
The formal acceptance ~ the once waa'
q great ceremonial day At the Stste Capitol.
and never since the French and Indian war
had 50 many redskins pounced down upon
the legislative city,
II was not known until Archeologist
Parker began to inquire that there was a
hereditary Indian name for the man who
had the wampums directly in HE care The
Indians are q mysterious people even now.
and perhaps no ono can discover Indian
secrets better than a shrewd Indian. And
no il was that one did discover the facts
which led to Or. Clarke's appointment.
The document is dated OF the Onondsea
national Long House Oncndaee Castle. NY.
and after several rsgraphs in which are
embodied statements Of certain facts which
the Onondagas recognize it concludes.
- in view oR which facts the
New York State Museum is the custodian
Of the national wampums, I. Chief Baptist
Thomas. Chief Of the Onondsgss, by virtue
OF power in ma vested. do hereby give
and bestow upon the Director Of the State
Museum Of New York and upon HE Flo-
cessors IN once forever, or authority DUR
ing the terms Of their OFFICES forever. thu
name Ha-sa-na- ea-da, which name shall
be recognized by all Iroquois nations
and by all people AZ the Official Onondaga
title for the custodian OF the wampums OF
the Iroduois Of the State Of New York
Some OF the Ononde gas are Christians, butS
az with all the rest Of the Iroquoie, there
are a large number Of -A-dis-to-wA-e.' or
so-called pagans. The snti-Christian feel
ing has always been kept alive by a wampum
belt which has upon II the figure Of man
standing on square from whose head IL
. line which terminates in a oross. When
the old wampum reader Of the onondagss
was asked TO read this belt he said
a black robe told the OnondseaA that
a building right by the mission house was
god place. In IL we're gods for the peo-
pie, but they could not be removed until the
king came"
Now a white boy Was q captive and tho
black robe said, Roy, in there are gllne IN
kill all lndianpl' Now, the boy liked to b
like Indians. 40 he told the chiefs and they
held council and resolved to- open NJ
building
-The mission priest tried 10 prevent them.
hut they burst the door and found ths
building full of arms They heated an axe
red hot and hung it over the black robes
heart and burned the heart out.
"The French did come to Onondaga and
thA Indians met them at Camden and de-
feated them in great battle. and then the
Onondsgss renounoed tho cross religion.
Il was between Pompey and GAINESVILLE!
about this side Of Pompey Hill. Cross
means Canada. The white line = road
from Canada to Onondsga."
DR.. Clarke is the first white man in history
10 bear 80 ancient an American name and
title a. Ha-sa-na-ga-da.