Return Through Mohawk Country To the Seneca Council
Ta-wan-ne-ars leads a Westward trek with Ormerod and Corlaer along the Great Trail encountering Mohawk Oneidas and Cayugas. They camp with caution, fight Cahnnaga foes, bind with Seneca allies, and plan to spy on Jagara via a Mesesague disguise before a council with Do-ne-ho-ga-weh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta-wan-ne-ars
Ormerod
Peter
Ta Won-Nears
Corlaer
Coriaer
Demonine
Murray
Ta-wan-nears
Ta Wannears
Tle
Tawan-ne-ars
Tie Rat
Long House
Tawan
Danube
N. Y
Roy-An
Roy-An-Eh
Oneida
Utica
Messesagues
Erie
Huron Lakes
Fort Orange
Albany
Sieur de Tonty
Ia de Troit
Detroit
Mich
de Tonty
Ta-wan-ne-arn
Hudson River
St. Lawrence River
Canada
Oneida Castle
Morror Lake
Onondaga River
Seneca River
Ga-nun-da-gwa
Canandaigua
Gen-nis-he-yo
Do-ne-ho-ga-wel
Roy-An-Ehs
New York
Ga-en-gwa-ra-go
de Veulle
Ta-wanne-ars
Ta-wan-ne
Ga-en-gwara-go
Jagara
Joncaire
le de Troit
Raing
Che-No-Keh
Queen Pays for Scissors at Prestonfield Tree Planting
The king and queen inaugurate a housing scheme at Prestonfield planting trees. The queen buys scissors with a sixpence to honor a superstition about accepting goods without paying, while the king uses a spade to anchor the first tree and the queen adds soil to the roots.
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Prestonfield
London Daily Mail
Why Spider's Webs Are Prized by Scientists
A woman at Tatsfield near Westerham England keeps a colony of spiders that spin silk for scientific instruments. The silk fixes the center of lenses in microscopes range finders and other delicate devices. Spider silk threads are created by minute jets of liquid from the spider’s gland that solidify in air. The threads are wound on a card with the center removed and can keep spinning indefinitely once caught. The thread is very thin but often too thick for some instruments and must be split into four sections by steady hands.
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Tatsfield
Westerham
England
Dogs of War and Ancient War Dogs Across Civilizations
The phrase dogs of war likely stems from ancient usage of canines in warfare by Greeks and Romans for offense, defense, and battlefield communication. Plutarch Pliny and Strabo note war dogs, including armed dogs in Gaul, with early instances in Ionian Greece around 650 B C.
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Plutarch
Pliny
Strabo
Gaul
Ionia
Ardys
Gyges
Why Bricks Turn White and How to Clean Them
The Bureau of Standards identifies efflorescence on brick as mainly calcium sulphate with some calcium carbonate. To remove it, wash with a 10 percent muriatic acid solution then rinse with warm water on a warm dry day, repeating as needed.
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Bureau of Standards
Why Called Massachusetts
The name Massachusetts comes from a 17th century Algonquian term Massa-adchu-es-et meaning at or about the great hill. It refers to the Blue Hills near Milton and was adopted as the state’s name as New England settled.
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Massachusetts
Bay
New England
Great Hill
Blue Hills
Milton
Fragrance of Flowers Tied to Two Element Oils
The scent from flowers comes from special oils produced by the plant. These volatile oils are complex compounds of carbon and hydrogen that readily evaporate into the air.
Nettles sting explained and dock leaf remedy
The text notes that nettles sting due to fine brittle hairs containing poison that injects into the skin when broken. It adds that crushing a dock leaf releases juice that provides instant relief.
Lazy men and the burdenso of retirement in business
A business philosopher in The American Magazine argues that lazy men cannot retire because they do not work hard enough to sustain a business, making quitting a distant possibility. He contends such men rarely earn enough to allow retirement.
Unclear Pun Reference to Pawnbroker as Uncle
A cryptic note explains why a pawnbroker is termed Uncle, tracing to uncus the Latin hook once used by lenders to hang articles pledged for loans. The etymology links pawnbrokers to historic pledge practices.
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Arthur D. Howden, Smith
Porto Bello
Brentano's
WNU
Chapter
the Herald
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