Photographs (left to right): Grasshopper, Cahokia, Illinois; Water Moccasin, Cedar Key, Florida; Squirrel, Rush, New York

Wampum Belt Photographs Archive

 

Iroquois Chiefs - Six Nations

 

Iroquois Chiefs "Reading" the Belts, Brantfort, Ontario 1871

Description:

The picture represents the chiefs of the Six Nations, on their reserve near Brantfort in Canada, explaining their wampum belts (Sept. 14, 1871)

These chiefs (left to right):

Joseph Snow (Hahriron) Onondaga chief

George H. M. Johnson (Deyonhehgon) Mohawk chief and government interpreter. Son of John Smoke Johnson

John Buck (Skanawatih) Onondaga chief and wampum keeper

John Smoke Johnson (Sakayenkwaraton) Mohawk chief and speaker of the council

Isaac Hill (Kawenenseronton) Onondaga chief and fire keeper

Seneca Johnson (Kanonkeredawih) Seneca chief

Reference:

Heye Foundation. Wampum Belts in the Museum of the American Indian.