Chafb] SENECA THANKSGIVING RITUALS 111 



one will be helpful when they may be badly off. (368) And indeed 

 it continues unchanged; they are using it up to the present time. 

 (369) And this also is what you did. (370) You decided, "I will 

 indeed again choose one that will cause the people moving about to 

 remember me." (371) This is what you did: you chose a certain 

 tree. (372) "Again they will be grateful, when they see the sap 

 dripping at a certain time." (373) And this we call the maple. (374) 

 It continues unchanged: the trees are standing there in the forests. 



(375) And it continues also that a few persons pay attention to them. 



(376) It is always possible to tap them, when the wind becomes warm 

 on the earth each new time. (377) And this is what you did. (378) 

 You said, "They wiU store it away, first boiling it down." (379) 

 You said, "It will become sugar. (380) They will put away the first 

 of it; they will store it away. (381) They will get it out when the 

 strawberries begin to appear." ^^ That is what you did. (382) "And 

 it will be a flavoring for them when they gather the strawberries. 

 They will use it for their gatherings of thanksgiving." (383) And 

 this is what you intended. (384) You decided, "It wiU begin when 

 they drink the maple." (385) You decided, "They will simply be 

 grateful, (386) those who remain, when they see it again," at the 

 time which you set for the ceremonies. (387) "It will indeed be 

 available as a medicine to those who are moving about." That is 

 what you intended. (388) And it is true: it continues unchanged up 

 to the present time. The people moving about are using it. (389) 



»• Lit. '(when) the berries will be between (the leaves)'. 



