Onondaga's centennialGleanings of a century . ation to which she belonged. Marriages in the sameclans were formerly butnot now forbidden. Bur-ial customs have oftenchanged. Until recent-ly the Onondagas main-tained clan burials inrows, and hence a hus-band and wife were notburied together. Usu-ally some ornaments ortrinkets belonging tothe deceased are in-terred with the body, butotherwise the funeralceremony is much likethat of a white a dead feastwas given by the womenten days after the burial,a kernel of corn accom-pan34ng the invitations,and only one man beinginvited as spe
Onondaga's centennialGleanings of a century . ation to which she belonged. Marriages in the sameclans were formerly butnot now forbidden. Bur-ial customs have oftenchanged. Until recent-ly the Onondagas main-tained clan burials inrows, and hence a hus-band and wife were notburied together. Usu-ally some ornaments ortrinkets belonging tothe deceased are in-terred with the body, butotherwise the funeralceremony is much likethat of a white a dead feastwas given by the womenten days after the burial,a kernel of corn accom-pan34ng the invitations,and only one man beinginvited as of provisions werepassed around, one be-ing given to each per-son present, and a dish was set on the table for the deceased; out ofthe latter all partook in common. The Onondagas still pound much of their corn—a soft white varietywhich they esteem highly—in wooden mortars about two feet high,using a wooden pestle four feet long with a handle in the middle. Forbread the meal thus produced is mixed with beans. They are quite. Thomas Webster. THE ONONDAGA IXDIANS. J061 ingenious in wood work, and make bows, arrows, snow-snakes, baskets,etc. Their wampum, it is said, was orig-inally made of pieces of woodstained black or white. The invention is ascribed to Hiawatha, whogathered white shells and called down a wampum bird for the Webster, the Onondaga keeper of the wampum, gives the tra-dition thus: There is a tree set in the ground, and it touches theheavens. Under that tree sits this Wampum. It sits on a log. Coalsof fire [council fire] is unquenchable, and the vSix Nations are at thecouncil fire held by the tribe. Tah-too-ta-hoo, a member of the Bearclan, is the great chief here. He has a descendant in our tribe name is Frank Logan. One of the uses of the wampum is for asymbol in the election of officers. The wampum bearer keeps thetreaties of the nation. Frank Logan belongs to the Eel clan and is aCherokee descendant. Thomas Webster is
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