mory whereof, We have hereunto set our
hands & seals, in behalf of ourselves and of the several Tribes of
Indians that have delegated us to appear for, & represent them the day
and year aforementioned.

NUDGGUMBOIT X Sign. }
ABISSANEHRAW X Sign. } _Kennebeck._
UMGUINNAWAS X Sign. }

AWOHAWAY X Sign. }
PAQUAHARET X Sign. } _Kennebeck._
CAESAR X Sign. }

LEREBENUIT X Sign. }
OHANUMBAMES X Sign. } _Penobscut._
SEGUNKI X Sign. }

ADEAWANDO X Sign. } _Pegwackit._
SCAWESO X Sign. }

MOXUS X Sign. }
BOMMAZEEN X Sign. }
CAPT. SAM X Sign. }
NAGUCAWEN X Sign. } _Kennebeck._
SUMMEHAWIS X Sign. }
WEGWARUMENET X Sign. }
TERRAMUGGUS. X Sign. }

SABADIS X Sign. } _Ammarascoggin._
SAM HUMPHRIES X Sign. }

SIGNED, SEALED, & DELIVERED, IN PRESENCE OF

Signatures:
W Dudley
G Dyer (unclear) Jr?
William Little
Fran^s (unclear)

AUGUSTIN MOXUS SON
(Signature)
Sign.

SAROME.
(Signature)
Sign.

Signatures:
Joseph Miller Jun.
James Parsons
John (unclear)
Joshua Winslow
Peres Bradford
Sam. (unclear)
Theodore Atkinson
Jn Gray
John Penhallow
John Denison

FRANCOIS XAVIER
(Signature)
Sign.

MEGONUMBA
(Signature)
Sign.

TOTEMS.

The figures or emblems connected with the signatures of the Indians are
called, in the language of the Algonquins, _Totems_; and are the
distinguishing marks or signs of the clans or tribes into which the
various nations are divided. They are not the personal emblems of the
chiefs, although in signing treaties they employ them as their sign
manual. Each tribe or clan had its emblem, consisting of the figure of
some bird, beast, or reptile, and is distinguished by the name of the
animal which it has assumed as a device, as Wolf, Hawk, Tortoise. To
different totems, says Parkman in his "Conspiracy of Pontiac," attach
different degrees of rank and dignity; and those of the Bear, the
Tortoise, and the Wolf are among the first in honor. Each man is proud
of his badge, jealously asserting its claim to respect. The use of the
totem prevailed among the southern, as well as the northern tribes; Mr.
Parkman says that Mr. Gallatin informed him, that he was told by the
chief of a Choctaw deputation at Washington, that in their tribe were
eight totemic clans, divided into two classes of four each.

Mr. Parkman says again, in the wor