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sister (Margaret Brant Cotter?), who was a Clan Matron was entitled to select the nextKaronghyontye (more on the genealogy later).Paulus was clearly from a very prominent family in that his name immediately followsthe 8 League sachems in the 1789 Canajoharie deed. Also during the 1789 negotiationswith Jelles Fonda the latter gave “extra” payments of 25 pounds to the most important orprominent Mohawks. One of these half dozen individuals was “Poules” who, with Jacob(likely Jacob Lewis Hayonwatha), were the only two to sign (NYSHS, Jelles FondaLedger 10, 1772-1791). The full list is Jacob, Adam, David, Thomas, David Junr andPoules. This was apparently in addition to 10 pounds paid to these same individuals in1791. The last two were given payment via Joseph Brant (who received 100 pounds inthis transaction). Here follows the notation:Paid in fullPaid David haraghgontyePaid Paulusfor his Note P Schuyler 1791 – 10 poundspr Brant 10 poundspr Brant 10 poundsThe most likely interpretation here is that “David Junr” also known as haraghgontye.Alas, more confusion. The names Karagh (sun) and Karon (sky, heavens – sometimescloud) are frequently confused. Gunther Michelson questions whether David Hill’s nameis karuhyutye? (Floating Sky), (letter to George R. Hamell, 2 september 1988). In 1879Mrs. Ellen Maricle reported that, The Indian name of Capt. David Hill was as theMohawks pronounce it – Ka-ron-yon-tye, or The Flying Cloud (Draper Ms, Series F, Vol.13, p.88). However “Little David” appears frequently in Revolutionary War entries as“Caragonty” or similar variant. It is thus difficult to differentiate between these “Davids”who often occur in the same record. For example in the Indian Department rosters wefind Lieutenants John Young and Brant Johnson, Interpreter Aron Vanderbergh, andtogether (Haldimand Papers, Reel 49, p.101, 3 September 1782):David VandeberghDavd Rutt / alias CaraghguntyAs noted by Sievertsen (1996), Vanderbergh means “of the hill” (in German) and thisname is used by each of the members of the Hill family in the Jelles Fonda AccountBooks (Vanderbarrack in Dutch). So we have “Capt. David” and “Little David” (DavidJunr) son of Rutt (Rath) with almost identical Mohawk personal names. HoweverKaronghyontye is a Bear Clan name, whereas Karagontye is a Wolf Clan name. Forexample in the October 1760 list of Mohawks who went with Sir William Johnson toMontreal is the Canajoharie Wolf Clan warrior “David Karaghkundy” (JP, Vol. 13,p.175) – likely “Little David” above. In the same group is “Rath Karughiyonko” who,may be David’s brother.In fact Karongh, Karagh, and Karugh frequently overlap and names confused. This hasto be considered in relation to the 1793 “Karaguantier” entry noted earlier.27