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understand this. These old men made fine speeches and gave thanks, while exhorting me to concern myself with the interests of their nation more than I had done.

Some days after a feast was given to the notabilities of the village xxxxxxxxx Pere de Lamberville - named Gara kontié, brother of the Nation of Onnodagnas, and brother of the famous Garakontie* who was the first to bear this name - was invited to the ceremony where I was given a new name, as an authentic mark that the Onneidas

transcriber note: Garakontie means moving sun in Iroquois language