The two young chiefs received the seats of favor, and others sat
about them. But they were not the only great chiefs present,
though all yielded first place to them because of their character
and exploits.

Henry was not mistaken in his guess that this was an important
council, although its extent exceeded even his surmise.
Delegates and head chiefs of all the Six Nations were present to
confer with the warlike Wyandots of the west who had come so far
east to meet them. Thayendanegea was the great war chief of the
Mohawks, but not their titular chief. The latter was an older
man, Te-kie-ho-ke (Two Voices), who sat beside the younger. The
other chiefs were the Onondaga, Tahtoo-ta-hoo (The Entangled) ;
the Oneida, 0-tat-sheh-te (Bearing a Quiver) ; the Cayuga,
Te-ka-ha-hoonk (He Who Looks Both Ways) ; the Seneca,
Kan-ya-tai-jo (Beautiful Lake) ; and the Tuscarora,
Ta-ha-en-te-yahwak-hon (Encircling and Holding Up a Tree). The
names were hereditary, and because in a dim past they had formed
the great confederacy, the Onondagas were first in the council,
and were also the high priests and titular head of the Six
Nations. But the Mohawks were first on-the war path.

All the Six Nations were divided into clans, and every clan,
camping in its proper place, was represented at this meeting.

Henry had heard much at Pittsburgh of the Six Nations, their
wonderful league, and their wonderful history. He knew that
according to the legend the league had been formed by Hiawatha,
an Onondaga. He was opposed in this plan by Tododaho, then head
chief of the Onondagas, but he went to the Mohawks and gained the