. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] ONECHSAGERAT ^ONEIDA 123 tagnais, living in 1644 about 100 leagues above "Saguene," Quebec. Ondoutaoiiaheronnon.—Jes. Rel. 1G44, 99, 1868. On- doutaouaka.—Ibid., 1642, 10, 1858. Onechsagerat. The "old chief" of Cayuga, mentioned by Cammerhoff in 1750. He was also styled Teiyughsara- garat, the principal chief, when lie re- ceived Sir Wm. Johnson's belts and went to Canada in 1756. Weiser called him Oyeaghseragearat in 1754, and Oyuch- seragarat in 1752. His name appears in 1762 and 1774, the latter year at Onondaga, in November, when "a
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] ONECHSAGERAT ^ONEIDA 123 tagnais, living in 1644 about 100 leagues above "Saguene," Quebec. Ondoutaoiiaheronnon.—Jes. Rel. 1G44, 99, 1868. On- doutaouaka.—Ibid., 1642, 10, 1858. Onechsagerat. The "old chief" of Cayuga, mentioned by Cammerhoff in 1750. He was also styled Teiyughsara- garat, the principal chief, when lie re- ceived Sir Wm. Johnson's belts and went to Canada in 1756. Weiser called him Oyeaghseragearat in 1754, and Oyuch- seragarat in 1752. His name appears in 1762 and 1774, the latter year at Onondaga, in November, when "a Cay- uga chief named Oyeghseragearat spoke.'' This may possibly have been a young- er man. (w. m. b. ) Oneida (Anglicized compressed form of the common Iroquois term tiio)HTi^iote', ' there it it-rock has-set-up (continu- ative),' i. e. a rock that something set up and is still standing, referring to a large sienite bowlder near the site of one of their ancient villages). A tribe of the Iroquois confederation, formerly occu- pying the country s. of Oneida lake, Oneida co., N. Y., and latterly including the upper waters of the Suscjuehanna. According to authentic tradition, the Oneida was the second tribe to accejit the proposition of Dekanawida and Hiawatha to form a defensive and offensive league of all the tribes of men for the promotion of mutual welfare and security. In the federal council and in other federal as- semblies they have the right to represen- tation by 9 federal chieftains of the highest rank. Like the Mohawk, the Oneida have only 3 clans, the Turtle, the Wolf, and the Bear, each clan being represented by 3 of the 9 federal representatives of this tribe (see Clan and Gens). Insofar as eldership as a member of a clan phratry can give precedence in roll-call and the right to discuss first in order all matters coming before its side of the council fire, the Oneida are the dominant tribe within the tribal jjhratry, called the Four (origi- nally Two) Brothers a
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