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Wampum Belt. [League Belt of the Iroquois Property of Chief Johnson, Of Grand River, Ontario], Oct 2011, p. 10

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Figure 3a. Reading of the wampum belts, Chiefswood, September 14, 1871. John "Smoke" Johnson (center) holding NMAI 008386.000. Photo by Horatio Hale. Photograph courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives (OPPS Neg 961 C Z) Figure 3b. Reading of the wampum belts, Chiefswood, September 14, 1871. John "Smoke" Johnson (center) holding NMAI 008386.000. Photo by Horatio Hale. Photograph courtesy of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University (1998.254.13.4.tif) Figures 3a­b. According to a note from Horatio Hale associated with the Pitt Rivers Museum photograph, pictured from left to right are "1. Joseph Snow ( Hahriron, `He who scatters') Onondaga Chief and Fire-keeper. 2. George H.M. Johnson (Deyonhehgon, `Double life') Mohawk chief and government interpreter. Son of no. 4. 3. John Buck (Skanawatih, `Beyond the swamp') Onondaga chief and wampum keeper. 4. John Smoke Johnson ( Sakayenkwaraton, `Disappearing mist') Mohawk chief and speaker of the council. 5. Isaac Hill (Kawenenseronton, `The voice suspended') Onondaga Chief and Fire-keeper. 6. Seneca Johnson (Kanonkeredawih, `Entangled hair') Seneca Chief." 7

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