234 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
string of black Wampum to De-ka-ri-ho-ken or Ska-nya-dah-ri-yoh or 
Tha-do-dah-ho, or their brother Colleagues, and the Chief Warrior or 
any Warrior so deputed will while on his way repeat the mourning cry 
three times at regular intervals as follows:—Kwa—ah; Kwa—ah; 
Kwa—ah. And if a Chief Warrior on either side of the Council dies, or 
if a Chief of Tuscarora, Delaware, Nanticoke or Tuteloes member of the 
Council djes, then the mourning messenger will while on his way to 
announce the death of either of these repeat the mourning cry 
twice only as follows:—Kwa—ah; Kwa—ah. In case of the sudden 
death of a Lord then his Colleagues will remove his crown of deer’s 
horns and will put it to one side where the Chief Matron of the family 
or Clan to which he belonged will find and take it up again. 
If from whatever cause the crown of deer’s horns is not removed 
from the head of the Lord at the time of his death, then his Colleagues 
will remove the same at the time of his burial and will place it beside 
the grave where the Chief Matron will find and pick it up again. 
Then the Lords said, If a Lord dies, we will do this, we will put 
up a pole horizontally, and we will hang a pouch upon it, and we will 
put into the pouch a short string of Wampum and whichever side of the 
Council fire sustains a loss by death then the side which has not 
sustained the loss will depute one of their Lords to take the pouch off 
the pole, then he shall follow the path and go to the opposite side of 
the Council fire where the loss has been sustained by the Lords, and 
when he arrives there (at the house where the Lord died) he will stand 
at one end of the hearth and he will speak consoling words to the 
bereaved, and he will cheer them up, and this will be our mode of con- 
dolence, and these shall consist of thirteen passages to be expressed in 
this Condolence (Ka-ne-kon-kets-kwa-se-rah) and thirteen Wampum 
strings shall be used in this ceremony as follows:— 
The beginning of the Condolence Ceremony used immediately 
after the death of a Chief (or Lord) and which is subsequently followed 
by the thirteen Ceremony called, ‘At the Wood’s edge” and which 
is hereto attached. 
(1) Now hear us our Uncles, we have come to condole with 
you in your great bereavement. 
We have now met in dark sorrow to lament together over 
the death of our brother Lord. For such has been your loss. 
We will sit together in our grief and mingle our tears together, 
and we four brothers will wipe off the tears from your eyes, so that 
for a day period you might have peace of mind. This we say 
and do, we four brothers. 
