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acket) – the Indian name of Francis Cotter. About 1822, the name Karonghyontye wasassigned to Paul’s brother Peter Powless (as reflected in a series of deeds in the RG10Series). It should be noted that Paulus Peters, the father of Sahonwadi, was a closeassociate of Nicholas Brant Canadiorha – who we will encounter later.Most of the subsequent assessment of the identity of Catharine, the first wife of JohnYoung and mother of all his children, rests on information in the obituary of one of hergrandsons. The content can guide a search backwards in time to help pin down theidentity of Catharine. Hence the interpretation will hinge on how much of the contentcan be verified, and yield clear interpretations. As we shall see, following leads fromboth the Patrick Campbell Diary of 1792, as well blending those from the followingobituary of Warner H. Nelles, may provide “answers”.Search for the Names of the Parents of Catharine Young, Isaac Brant, and Paulus :Beaver Clan - Wyandot ConnectionB. OBITUARY OF WARNER HENRY NELLES, 1896:Col. Warner H. Nelles, was born 1799 on the Grand River Six Nations Indian Reserve,the son of Lt. John Young’s daughter Elizabeth (Young) Nelles and husband WarnerNelles. Warner H. Nelles was the nephew of Joseph Young, who was mentioned asbeing “one of our people” in a deed from the Six Nations in 1838. Warner H. Nelles wasalso the first cousin of the author's ancestor Rachel (Young) Young.The key segment from his obituary of 12 October 1896 reads (with emphasis added):His popularity as a young man may be judged when, being only seventeen, hewas made a chief of a tribe of Indians called the Beavers. Upon the death of theold chief, they saluted him as Tahanata, and the chain of wampum they threwover his head is still in the family. Up to the end of his death he was stillrecognized as chief, though the tribe is greatly scattered (Haldimand CountyMuseum, Dorothy Hutton Collection N-1-4).Clearly Warner H. Nelles was eligible, by descent from his mother and maternalgrandmother, to inherit a title as a chief of the Six Nations, There being no foundation forthe common belief that white men are made chiefs of any kind when Indians adopt suchpersons, or confer a name on those whom they wish to compliment (Boyle, 1898, p. 176).The name Tahanata and Age of Installation: It was shown above that the Young –Nelles family were members of the Six Nations, and linked most particularly to theMohawk Nation. There are 50 hereditary sachem titles of the Six Nations. Nine namesare specific to the Mohawks, and none of the latter titles is “Tahanata” or any similarname. However at the time of Nelles’ installation, there was a single exception.A list of "Mohawks Principle Chiefs" was created by Chief George Martin for the IndianDepartment 22 February 1815 (i.e., about two years before Nelles was made chief) and30