Chafe] SENECA THANKSGIVING RITUALS 145 



(684) it is stronger (685) and brings harm to people, (686) to children 

 and old people. (687) But where we Indians are living (688) the 

 wind strikes with less force. (689) And another thing. (690) They 

 told us this, also. (691) Where the wind is formed, (692) it is called 

 the thing that is covered by a veil. (693) And there it is formed, the 

 wind over the earth. (694) And we shall do what we should with 

 our minds. (695) We now give thanks for the place where it is 

 formed, the wind over the earth. And our minds will continue to 

 be so. 



