Mohawk – Wyandot Ancestry of Lt. John Young's ... - Davidkfaux.org

ADDENDUM re Name Tahanata and Tahatonne:1) Mohawk of Kanawaki. One Louis Karoniontie “FlyingSky” (born circa 1820) was a prominent man among the“Iroquois” in Quebec (Gerin, 1899/00).2) Oneida of Oneida Castle, New York. In the Joseph O.Powless diary he notes that on 16 July 1831, “Flying Sky,an important man” died.3) Tuscarora of New York. Chadwick (1897) listedKarinyentya as a Beaver Clan Tuscarora title that was notfound on the Six Nations Reserve. Karinyentya is clearlythe Tuscarora version of “Flying Sky”.4) Ojibways of Cass Lake. Among this non – Iroquoianpeople, a chief of the band was Maw-je-ke-jik (FlyingSky) and whose photo was taken in 1863.1) The title represented by the name Tahanata (which came tothe fore when Francis Cotter Tahatonne left for Wyandotterritory) remained in the Young – Nelles family until 1896at which point it appears to have become extinct. One reasonis that Nelles left the Grand River soon after assuming thetitle (although his father Warner Sr. was a frequent attendeeat Six Nations Councils); another is that there would seem tohave been few families in the Grand River area to comprise acohesive unit for the Beaver “tribe”; and a further matter wasthat there was no one remaining in the female line of theNelles or closely related families to assume the role of ClanMother. So the name and title were effectively lost to the SixNations virtually from the moment Nelles was raised up asTahanata.2) The “Wyandot connection” assumes a degree of significancehere to the extent that the author has expanded the relevantinformation included in a manuscript available by clickinghere. While there is substantial repetition of what is includedin the present paper, new findings and interpretations areconstantly being added to this more focused study.David K. Faux in collaboration with Thomas M. Nelson.Revised 11 March 2011Copyright 2009-2011. All rights reserved.55