The longest wampum belt is the 1794 Canandaigua Treaty belt. This belt is 6 feet long and composed of thirteen figures holding hands connected to two figures and a house.

That people who follow this message to the source will find the Haudenosaunee. When the new allies were accepted into the Haudenosaunee, it was said that the Haudenosaunee was expanding by adding new “rafters” and extending the union of peace. This belt illustrates the strong union of the 6 nations.

The George Washington Belt is one of the greatest examples of Haudenosaunee diplomacy with the United States. The belt represents the ratification of the 1794 Canandaigua Treaty, one of the United States’ earliest treaties.

Jun 16, 2012 · The William Claus Wampum Belt was originally longer than the belt returned to Onondaga in June 12, 2012. Originally, the belt also had the date “1800” woven into one end of its beaded design.

The belt is named after Hiawatha, an Onondaga who was the Peacemaker’s helper in spreading the good words of Peace. In this belt, it records when five warring nations; the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk, buried their weapons of war to live in peace.

Oct 4, 2010 · An image of the Covenant Chain is woven down the middle of the Tadadaho Wampum Belt, one of the wampum belts held by the Onondaga Nation on behalf of the Haudenosaunee.

The Haudenosaunee explained to the Dutch that they did not use paper to record their history. They would make belts made of white and purple wampum shells. The Haudenosaunee made a belt to record this agreement. The belt has two purple rows running alongside each other representing two boats.

There we signed and agreement that would return the belts and the title of Wampum Keeper to the Onondaga Nation. It was the ending of a long struggle to see our belts again.

Washington summoned the Six Nations Chiefs to Canandaigua by sending wampum strings, as required by Haudenosaunee diplomatic protocol. He also had Congress appropriate the funds necessary to create a wampum belt to commemorate the Treaty.

Oct 4, 2010 · 1775, October 10. Treaty of Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania. An example of how the Patriots used the imagery of the Covenant Chain, outright threats, and an actual wampum belt representing the Covenant Chain, also known as the Chain of Friendship, to try to keep the Haudenosaunee neutral.