MEMORANDUM OF PAPERS.

Page.
[Letter from the Secretary of State, laying the result of the census before the Senate,][1]
[Statistical report, communicating the census returns,][3]
[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]
[V. Ancient State of Indian Art,][125]
[VI. Relics of Aboriginal Art in Western New-York,][133]
[Class 1. Nabikoagunä, [medals,][134]
[Class 2. Medäekä, [amulets,][137]
[Class 3. Attejegunä, [implements of art,][139]
[Class 4. Opoagunä, [pipes,][140]
[Class 5. Minäce, [beads,][142]
[Class 6. Peägä, [wampums,][143]
[Class 7. Mudwämina, [jingling dress ornaments,][143]
[Class 8. Otoaugunä, [ear jewels,][144]
[Class 9. Æs, [shells,][144]
[Class 10. Ochalis, [nose jewels,][145]
[VII. Oral Traditions of the Iroquois, Historical and Symbolic,][147]
[a. Ancient shipwreck of a vessel on the coast,][147]
[b. Forays into the Cherokee and Cataba country,][148]
[c. Exploit of Hiadeoni,][150]
[d. Seneca embassy of peace to the Cherokees, and exploit of Awl,][153]
[e. Grave-yard serpent and corn giant][154]
[f. Allusion to the siege of Fort Stanwix and battle of Oriskany,][155]
[g. Defeat of the Kah-Kwahs,][155]
[h. Epoch of the confederacy,][156]
[i. Some passages of their wars with monsters and giants,][156]
[VIII. Topical Inquiries,][163]
[a. Who were the Eries?][164]
[b. Building of the first vessel on the upper lakes,][166]
[c. Who were the Alleghans?][168]
[d. War with the Kah-Kwahs and their retreat down the Allegany,][176]
[IX. Miscellaneous Traits,][181]
[a. Infant Atotarho,][181]
[b. Red Jacket and the Wyandot and Delaware claim to supremacy,][182]
[c. Brant and the Buffalo church,][183]
[d. The county clerk and the wolf scalp,][184]
[e. Specimen of Iroquois picture writing,][132]
[X. Moral and Social Condition and Prospects,][185]
[Abstract of Census Returns,][191]
[Deaf and Dumb, Idiots, Lunatics and Blind,][201]

[APPENDIX.]

[Benton,][203]
[Extracts from author’s private journal,][206]
[Clark,][233]
[Cusick,][237]
[Goodwin,][241]
[Follett,][243]
[Dewey,][246]
[Rockwood, with Tuscarora vocabulary,][250]
[Bliss,][261]
[Hall,][263]
[McMurray, with Mohawk and Cayuga vocabulary,][264]
[Shearman, with Oneida vocabulary,][278]
[Walker,][282]
[Van Schaack,][283]
[Morgan,][284]

STATE OF NEW-YORK.
No. 24.
IN SENATE,
January 22 1846.