[100] In order to make the authors meaning quite clear, a free translation has been given of such words as _porcelaine_, _branches_, _colliers_, etc., as his use of them is somewhat confusing. [101] Lafitau: Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains, 1724, tom. II, pp. 502-'3 and 506-'7. [102] Loskiel: Missions of the United Brethren. Trans. by La Trobe, Book I, p. 26. [103] Brice: History of Fort Wayne, p. 118. [104] Gilpin, in Memoirs of the Hist. Soc. of Penna. Vol. VI, p. 248. [105] Heckewelder: Indian Nations, 1876, p. 110. [106] Parkman: Jesuits in North America, p. xxxiii. [107] Events in Indian History, Lancaster, Pa., 1841, p. 143. [108] Hunter: Indian Manners and Customs, p. 192. [109] Gumilla: Histoire de Orinoque, Vol. III, p. 91. [110] Molina: History of Chili, Vol. I, p. 119. [111] From an original sketch by Mr. Beauchamp. [112] Pike: Travels through the Western Territories of N. A., 1805-'7, p. 103. [113] Morgan, in Fifth Annual Report on the Condition of the New York State Cabinet of Natural History, 1852, p. 72. [114] Morgan: League of the Iroquois, p. 387. [115] Heckewelder: Indian Nations, 1876, pp. 108-'9-'10. [116] Beatty: Journal of Two Months Tour, 1768, p. 67. [117] Loskiel: Missions of the United Brethren. Trans, by La Trobe, 1794. Book I, p. 26. [118] Lafitau: Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains, Tome II, p. 314. [119] Mr. Beauchamp has published many interesting facts in regard to these belts in the American Antiquarian, Vol. II, No. 3. [120] Present chief of the Onondagas. [121] The proceedings attending the presentation are fully recorded in the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, volume iii, page 207. A full size lithographic illustration of the belt printed in color is also given. [122] Clavigero: History of Mexico, Trans. by Cullen, vol. I, p. 437. [123] Davis: Spanish Conquest of New Mexico, p. 121. [124] Beverly: History of Virginia, p. 196. [125] Lafitau: Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains, p. 61. [126] Wood: New England Prospect, p. 74. [127] Kalm: Travels in North America, 1772, vol. ii, p. 320. [128] _Vide_ Kingsborough, Waldeck, Bancroft, &c. [129] Schoolcraft, in Trans. Am. Eth. Soc., Vol. II, Plate 1. [130] Tomlinson, in The American Pioneer, Vol. II, p. 200. [131] Matson, in Ohio Centennial Report, p. 131. [132] Schoolcraft: History of the Indian Tribes, &c., part I, plate XIX. [133] The ossuaries here mentioned are in the township of Beverly, twenty miles from Dundas, at the head of Lake Ontario. They are situated in a primitive forest, and were discovered upwards of thirty years ago through the uprooting of a tree. Large numbers of skeletons had been deposited longitudinally in trenches, with many implements, utensils, and ornaments. Two brass kettles were found in one of the graves. (Schoolcraft: Red Races of America, p. 326.)