[12] “Tah–Delamattenos,”—“No, he is a Wyandot.” This tribe occupied the region to the north of Ohio, and the north–west of Pennsylvania; they spoke a dialect of the Iroquois, and are better known by the name of Hurons; they sometimes hunted with the Delaware, by whom they were designated as above.
[13] Southern–men—in the Delaware language Cha–oua–no or Shawano—known to the Americans as “Shawnees.” This powerful tribe were generally in alliance with the Lenapé, and inhabited the country on their western frontier. About the time of our tale, they were very numerous on the banks of the Muskingum and of the Wabash river.
[14] Mengwe, or Mingoes,—the Delaware name for those Indians who resided chiefly in the northern States of the Union, and who are better known as the “Iroquois.”
[15] “Master Reginald” might well puzzle the chief, as there is no letter r in the Delaware language, though some of them contrive to pronounce it.
[16] “Netis” signifies, in their tongue, “a trusted friend,” “one to whom all secrets are confided.”
[17] The village was called Gnaden–Hütten—“tents,” or “cabins of grace.”
[18] Every Indian tribe has its peculiar mark or sign; among all the nations of the far–west, the Sioux, or Dahcotahs, are designated by passing the hand across the throat, as if cutting it.
[19] A panther is so called by the western hunters.
[20] In the Western States, the rhododendron is generally called the laurel.
[21] Alluding again to the massacre of the Moravian Delawares at “Gnadenhutten.”