. Life of Joseph Brant--Thayendanegea: including the border wars of the American revolution, and sketches of the Indian campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne. e of his decease. According tothe constitution of the Mohawks, which, like that of Great Bri-tain, is unwritten, the inheritance descends through the femaleline exclusively. Consequently the superior chieftainship doesnot descend to the eldest male; but the eldest female, in whatmay be called the royal line, nominates one of her sons or otherdescendants, and he thereby becomes the chief. If her choicedoes not fall upon her o
. Life of Joseph Brant--Thayendanegea: including the border wars of the American revolution, and sketches of the Indian campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne. e of his decease. According tothe constitution of the Mohawks, which, like that of Great Bri-tain, is unwritten, the inheritance descends through the femaleline exclusively. Consequently the superior chieftainship doesnot descend to the eldest male; but the eldest female, in whatmay be called the royal line, nominates one of her sons or otherdescendants, and he thereby becomes the chief. If her choicedoes not fall upon her own son, the grandson whom she investswith the office must be the child of her daughter. The widowof Thayendanegea was the eldest daughter of the head chief ofthe Turtle tribe—first in rank of the Mohawk nation. Inher own right, therefore, on the decease of her husband, shestood at the head of the Iroquois Confederacy, alone clothed withpower to designate a successor to the chieftaincy. The officialtitle of the principal chief of the Six Nations, is Tekarihogea ;to which station John, the fourth and youngest son, whose In-dian name was Aiiyouwaighs, was hinted b) J. -Ay»i>
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