Chafe] SENECA THANKSGIVING RITUALS 101 



bility. (276) And we simply say it here again: we ask that it may 

 continue in the same manner for the period of another year. 



6. The Children 



(277) And we are expressing our gratitude; that is all we can do. 

 (278) This is what Our Creator intended. (279) He decided that 

 children would be running about among us. (280) They will be 

 crawling about among us. (281) And it is true: it continues un- 

 changed. (282) Up to the present time we have seen them, our 

 children running about among us. (283) They are indeed crawling 

 about. (284) And it is coming to pass as the Creator intended, for 

 he decided that new persons would be talcing their places on the 

 earth. (285) And because of it she is strong, (286) our mother, the 



