This facsimile of a drawing by an early nineteenth-century Iroquois artist illustrates the legendary founding of the Iroquois Confederacy. Thadodaho has not yet had the snakes combed from his hair; Deganawida, said by some to stammer, stands behind Hiawatha who served as his speaker. The costumes and artifacts depicted are those known to the artist rather than those of the Confederacy's prehistoric formation. The illustration is from Henry R. Schoolcraft, History, Condition and Prospects of the Iroquois Tribes of the United States, Part 1 (Philadelphia, 1853).
