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Indians, but among them is one which declares that Village Maker was a great hunter, always providing plenty for his family and the entertainment of visiting chiefs.  It is also said by all that he was a very good man, and that very early in life he told the Indians that the white people would finally fill the land, and that the Indians must turn from hunting to farming.

His descendants are quite numerous in the tribe today; and they always speak with the greatest reverence of old Village Maker.

WAH-NO-KE-GA, or NOISE

Noise was one of the signers of the treaty, but like Village Maker, he was an old man at the time, and died soon afterwards.  But little is known about him...He never came much in contact with white people.  All he ever saw of them was a few French traders.  He was a thorough believer in all the Indian customs, and lived in accordance with them until his death.

SO-DA-NAH-ZE, or YELLOW SMOKE

Yellow Smoke, the last signer of the treaty, lived to a good old age.  He was one of the first Indians who made a profession of the Christian religion, and for years was an elder in the Presbyterian church, established by Father Hamilton.