FOOTNOTES:
[1] This will appear by several Instances in the Second Part of this History.
[2] Wampum is the Current Money among the Indians: It is of two Sorts, White and Purple; the White is worked out of the Inside of the great Conques into the Form of a Bead, and perforated, to string on Leather; the Purple is worked out of the Inside of the Muscle Shell; they are wove as broad as one's Hand, and about two Feet long; these they call Belts, and give and receive at their Treaties as the Seals of Friendship; for lesser Matters a single String is given. Every Bead is of a known Value, and a Belt of a less Number, is made to equal one of a greater, by so many as is wanting fastened to the Belt by a String.
[3] It is still a Custom among the Indians, to expiate Murder by Presents to the Relations of the Person killed.
[4] They are called Shaouonons, by the French, and live now on one of the Banks of the Misissipi.
[5] It is a Custom among the Indian Prisoners of War, when led to Death, to sing an Account of their own Exploits; and this they are hardy enough to continue even in the midst of Tortures.
[6] The French call this Town Corlear, from the Persons Name who first settled there. It is situate on the Mohawks River sixteen Miles from Albany.
[7] The Indians living on the Branches of Hudson's River, within or near the English Settlements at that Time.
[8] The Word Proposition has been always used by the Commissioners for Indian Affairs at Al bany, to signify Proposals or Articles in the Treaties or Agreements made with the Indians.
[9] A Castle of the Sennekas, from whence the French call the Sennekas Tonontouan.