The meanings of the other symbols are as follows: - Number 1 represents the oldest and main branch of the Delaware tribe by its ancient symbol, the tortoise. The eleven crosses or figures arranged below the tortoise denote the number of persons who were either killed or taken prisoners by this chief
- Number 2 is the totem, or armorial badge, of Wingemund, denoting him to be the chief
- Number 3 is the sun; the ten horizontal strokes beneath it denote the number of war-parties in which this chief had participated
- Number 4 represents men's scalps
- Number 5 represents women's scalps
- Number 6 represents male prisoners
- Number 7 represents female prisoners
- Number 8 represents a small fort situated on the banks of Lake Erie, which was taken by the Indians in 1762, by surprise
- Number 9 represents the fort at Detroit, which, in 1763, resisted a siege of three months
- Number 10 is Fort Pitt
- Number 11 is a nearby town
- The twenty-three nearly vertical strokes at the foot of the inscription indicate the strength of the chieftain's party.
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