A PAPER PRESENTED TO The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society OF PHILADELPHIA. By...

OF FRANKLIN, CONN., CORRESPONDING MEMBER. ALBANY, N. Y.: J. MUNSELL, PRINTER. 1878. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1878, by ASHBEL WOODWARD, in the Library of Congress. At a Stated Meeting of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, held January 2, 1868, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved , That the thanks of this Society are due and are hereby tendered to Ashbel Woodward, M.D., of Franklin, Conn., for his very able and interesting resea

The following pages constitute an Essay read before the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia in January 1868. It was intended for publication in the second volume of the Transactions of the Society, but as the appearance of this volume has been unexpectedly delayed, it has been thought best to allow the Essay to appear separately. Franklin, Conn. , January, 1878. When Columbus, on his second voyage to the New World, landed upon Cape Cabron, Cuba, the cacique of the adjacent country

Brother Warraghiyagey , We the sachems and warriors of the Seneca nation return to you our sincere thanks for your great affection in drying our tears and driving sorrow from our hearts, and we in return perform the same ceremony to you with the like hearty affection. A string of wampum. We are sensible of your goodness expressed to us in removing the cause of our grief and tenderly taking the axe out of our heads. After several more speeches and presentations by the Senecas, the other nations i