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, The Oneidas, their neighbours, number one hundred men or a hundred warriors,

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. a very large Calumet,

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Their device generally is

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The Senecas form two villages in which are three hundred and fifty men. big Mountain,

Their device is a

its own, and every man lias Ms Thus the Oneida designates his village by a Stone [ in ] a fork next he designates Ms tribe by the bird or animal, and finally (L.he denotes himself by his punctures. See the designs which I had the honor to send you in 1732 by Father Francois, the Recollet. The five villages wMch belong to the same tribe, have for their arms in common,

Besides the arms of each village, each tribe has

particular

mark to designate him.

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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.

M. de Joncaire, the supposed author of this Report, is here thought to be alluded to. period by the Senecas, among whom he had much influence.

He was adopted at an early-