of gianl stature, far exceeding their conquerors in size.
In the Walam Olum. which is. it is asserted, a metrical translation of
an ancient hieroglyphic bark record discovered in L820, the main tra-
dition is given in practically the same way. with an appendix which
follows the fortunes of the defeated tribe up to the beginning of the
historic period, thus completing the chain of evidence. (."■)
In the Walam Olum also we find the Delawares advancing from the
wesl or northwest until they come to "Fish river"'— the same which
Heckewelder make- the Mississippi (6). On the other side, we are
told. •■The Talligewi possessed the East." The Delaware chief
'•desired the eastern land," and some of his ] pie go on. hut are
killed by the Talligewi. The Delawares decide upon war and call in
the help oftheir northern friends, the "Talamatan," i. e., the Wyan-
dot and other allied Iroquoian tribes. A war ensues which continues
through the terms of four successive chiefs, when victory declares for the
invaders, and " all the Talega go south." The country is then divided,
the Talamatan taking- the northern portion, while the Delawares "-ta\
south of the lakes." The chronicle proceeds to tell how. after eleven
more chiefs have ruled, the Nanticokeand Shawano separate from the
■ Heckewelder, John, Indian Nations of Pennsylvania, pp. 17-49, oil. 1^76.
mooney] DELAWARE TRADITIONS THE NAME TALLIGEWI 1 ',»
parent tribe and remove to the south. Six other chiefs follow in suc-
cession until we come to the seventh, who "went to theTalega moun-
tains." By this time the Delawares have reached the ocean. Other
chiefs succeed, after whom "the Easterners and the