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(1) Tee Yee Neen Ho Ca Row, Emperor of the Six Nations
(2) Etow Oh Koam, King of the RIver Indians, or Mohicans
(3) Saga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow, King of the Maquas, or Mohawks
(4) Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of the Generethgarichs, on Canajoharies

From portraits painted in London by I. Verelst in 1710, during a visit of these Indians with Peter Schuyler to Queen Anne

On the margin of other portraits made in London at the same time, these Indians are described as "the four kings of India who on the 2 May 1710 were admitted by her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain praying assistance against the French in America, between New England and Canada"

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Title: A tour of four great rivers; the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna and Delaware in 1769; being the journal of Richard Smith of Burlington, New Jersey;
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Smith, Richard, 1735-1803. (from old catalog) Halsey, Francis Whiting, 1851- (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Pioneers -- Middle Atlantic States Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Mohawk River (N.Y.) Susquehanna River Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) New York (State) -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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re fixed Lengthways acrossthe house, and on one of these, over the Fire, theyhang their wooden Pot Hooks & cook their Food.Furniture they have little; the Beds are dirtyBlankets. The stalls are about 8 Feet long & 5deep and the whole House perhaps from 30 to 50Feet in length by 20 wide, filled too often withSqualor & Nastiness. Almost every House has aRoom at the End opposite to the Ketchin serving asa larder for Provision; there are no cellars. TheRoofs are no other than Sheets of Bark fastnedcrossways and inside to Poles by way of Rafters.Upon the Outside are split Logs which keep theRoof on ; they are Pitch Roofs and it is about 8 Feetfrom the Ground to the Eves of the House, and thisis said to be the general Form of building theirHouses and Towns throughout the 6 Nations. AtAhquhaga each house possesses a paltry Gardenwherein they plant Corn, Beans, Water Melons, Po-tatoes Cucumbers, Muskmelons, Cabbage, FrenchTurneps, some Apple Trees, Sallad, Parsnips, & 66 other
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FOlR INDIAN POTENTATES OF NEW YORK (0 Tee Yee Neen HoCa Row, Emperor nf the Six Nations.(3) Saga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow, King of the Maquas, or Mohawks. (2) ETOW Oh Koam, kiiii; of the River Indians, or Mohicans. (.() Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of the Generethgarichs, or Canajoharies. From portraits painted in London by I. Verelst in 1710, during a visit of these Indians with Peter Schuyler to Queen AnneOn the margin of other portraits made in London at the same time, these Indians are described asthe four kings of India who on the 2 May 1710 were admitted by her Majesty the Queen of GreatBritain praying assistance against the French in America, between New England and Canada. TOUR OF THE SUSQUEHANNA other Plants. There are now Two Plows in theTown together with cows, Hogs, Fowls and Horseswhich they sell cheap but they never had any Sheep,and it is but of late that they have provided Hay fortheir Winter stock. Their Fences are miserable andthe Land back of the village very indifferen

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