[10] Comprehended under the general Name of Utawawas.
[11] All Indians make Use of a Hatchet or Axe, as an Emblem to express War.
[12] The Name the Five Nations always give the Governor of Virginia.
[13] The Five Nations always express Peace by the Metaphor of a Tree.
[14] The French Priests had, from Time to Time, persuaded several of the Five Nations to leave their own Country, and to settle near Montreal; where the French are very industrious in encouraging them. Their Numbers have been likewise increased by the Prisoners the French have taken in War, and by others that have run from their own Country; because of some Mischief that they had done, or Debts which they owed the Christians. These Indians are all profess'd Papists, and for that Reason are commonly called the praying Indians by their Countrymen, and they are called Cahnuagas by the People of Albany, from the Place where they live; the French value them on Account of the Intelligence they give in Time of War, and their Knowledge of the Countries.
[15] New-York.
[16] Virginia.
[17] Maryland.
[18] The Mohawks Country is situated between the other Nations and Albany.
[19] Ronoon signifies Nation or People, in the Language of the Five Nations; they say Tuihtuih-ronoons, Chichighik-ronoon, Deonondadik-ronoon, &c.