The Eel. This is not an Iroquois totem.
The Land Tortoise.
They have lost the Falcon, Deer and Crane, perhaps in their disastrous wars of 1713. By this it appears they have lost one clan entirely—probably in their defeat on the Taw river, in N. Carolina. Two others of the clans are changed, namely, the Falcon and Deer, for which they have substituted the Land Tortoise and Eel.
Descent is by the chief’s mother and her clan, her daughter or nearest kin, to be settled in council. The adoption of chiefs was allowed, where there was failure of descent.
Curious barrow, or mound, on Dr. Scovill’s place—to be examined. Two others, near the old mill and orchard.
Old fort of Kienuka, to be visited.
Get vocabulary of Tuscarora, to compare.
This tribe has gone through a severe ordeal, their history is full of incident. The following list shews their number in North Carolina, and all other Indians of that colony in 1708.
| Tuscaroras, living in 15 towns, | 1,200 | men. |
| Waccons, in 2 towns, | 120 | |
| Maramiskeets, | 30 | |
| Bear Rivers, | 50 | |
| Hatteras, | 16 | |
| Neuse, in 2 towns, | 15 | |
| Pamlico, | 15 | |
| Meherrin, | 50 | |
| Chowan, | 15 | |
| Paspatank, | 10 | |
| Poteskeets of Carrituk, | 30 | |
| Nottoways, | 30 | |
| Connamox, in 2 towns, | 25 | |
| Jaupim, | 2 | |
| 1,608 |
Visited James Cusick, the brother of David, the Indian archæologist, preacher to the Tusks, pictures in the house, old deeds from Carolina.