THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
remove the mist so that you may see the sun rising over the trees 
or forest in the East, and watch its course and when it arrives 
in mid-sky it will shed forth its rays around you, and you shall 
begin to see your duties and perform the same as usual. This we 
say and do, we four brothers. 
(9) Now when the remains are laid and cause the mound of 
clay (grave) we till the ground and place some nice grass over it 
and place a nice slab over it, so that his body (that of the dead 
Lord) may quietly lie in his resting place, and be protected from 
the heavy wind and great rain storms. This we say and do, we 
four brothers. ~ 
(10) Now continue to listen, for when a person is brought 
to grief, and such is your condition, the sticks of wood from your 
fire are scattered, caused by death, so we, the four brothers, will 
gather up the sticks of wood and rekindle the fire, and the smoke 
shall rise and pierce the sky, so that all the Nations of the Con- 
federacy may see the smoke, and when a person is in great grief 
caused by the death of some of our rulers the head is bowed down 
in deep sorrow. We therefore cause you to stand up again, our 
uncles, and surround the Council fire again and resume your duties. 
This we say and do, we four brothers. 
(11) Continue to listen, for when the Great Spirit created us. 
he created a woman as the help-mate of man, and when she is 
called away by death it is grievously hard, for had she been allowed 
to live she might have raised a family to inhabit the earth, and so 
we four brothers raise the woman again (to encourage and cheer 
up their down-cast spirits) so that you may cheerfully enjoy peace 
and happiness for a day. This we say and do, we four brothers. 
(12) Now my uncle Lords you have two relations, a nephew 
and a niece. They are watching your course. Your niece may 
see that you are making a mis-step and taking a course whereby 
your children may suffer ruin or a calamity, or it may be your 
nephew who will see your evil course and never bear to listen when 
the woman or Warrior will approach you and remind you of your 
duties, and ask you to come back and carry out your obligations as a 
Royaner (or Lord) of the Band. This we say and do, we four 
brothers. 
(13) They say that it is hard for any one to allow his mind 
to be troubled too greatly with sorrow. Never allow yourself to be 
led to think of destroying yourself by committing suicide, for all 
things in this world are only vanity. Now we place in your midst a 
torch. We all have an equal share in the said light, and we would 
