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shall one greet with thanksgiving, repeatedly. Now, all shall take 

 part in the Ceremony, and shall continue to go around the Fire. So 

 then, when this passes, then you shall divide it up into equal portions, 

 and all shall share alike in what one swallows, the adults and the 

 children as well. So then, the same thing shall be done when the 

 corn upon which you live puts forth grains and when the native 

 squash puts forth fruitage. So, then, as to that, these shall be com- 

 bined then wherein the Ceremony is marked when you shall again see 

 all kinds of things, who are Sisters, one to another, upon whom you 

 live, at that place, verily, where the ceremony is marked wherein you 

 shall collect for yourselves the Grand Food."^ Now, at that place and 

 time, the great rejoicing of the Four Ceremonies shall be performed. 

 Now, then, I have completed the entire matter in the thmgs which I 

 have severally ordered that you personally shall have as customs 

 here on the earth. So then, whoever it may be that shall be able 

 to continue to esteem greatly the Ceremony and, in the next place, 

 who shall continue to have love for others, also peace, when that one 

 shall exhaust the allotted number of days of one's life here on the 

 earth, that one then will depart and will take that path that leads 

 upward to the world present on the upper side of the sky; there 

 that one will arrive, in that place where De'hae"'hiyawa"kho"', who 

 finished the faculties of our bodies, abides, and where lies that which 

 has the power to please the mind, and which shall never end; so then, 

 there in that place, the Grand Rejoicing of the Four Ceremonies is 

 being performed; so then, whoever it may be that will be able to 

 arrive there shall see joy; but in reference to that, death is not found 

 there; not also is it found there that one should become ill, not also 

 is it found there that one should struggle hard for that by which one 

 can continue to live, also it is not found there that one should become 

 sorrowful in mind, or in the next place, that which could cause one 

 to be sorrowful in mind, and, in that place, there is found only that 

 which can give pleasure to the mind. So then, that has no end any- 

 where, and that shall never change, and that shall always continue 

 to be thus. Verily, all the kinds of fi'uits, also all the kinds of flowers, 

 also all the kinds of animals, also all the dwellers in the sky whom 

 you have never seen on the earth (are there). So then, when one 

 shall arrive there after departing from the earth, one shall become 

 possessed of all these joys, and that condition shall continue to 

 give pleasure to one's mind, forever. 



"Now, another thing; now, I will tell you, human beings, the kind 

 of path you have. Verily, I have kept saying that there are two 

 minds (kinds of mind). One deals with those thmgs which I have 

 ordained, and which one shall continue to use in things pertaining 

 to the mind now, then the other with those things which my brother 



See note on p. 611. 



