HEWITT] MOHAWK VERSION 259 



and thfii. also, the joints of my bones will become stiff. And when I 

 cease breathing thou must close my eyes, using th^- hands. At that 

 time thou wilt weep, even as it itself will move thee [that is, thou wilt 

 instinctively weep]. Besides that, the others, severally, who are in 

 the lodge and who have their eyes iixed on me when I die, all these, I 

 say, will be affected in the same manner. Ye will weep and your 

 minds will be grieved." Notwithstanding this e.xjjlanation, his mother 

 did not understand anything he had said to her. And now, besides 

 this, he told her still something more. He said: " When I am dead ye 

 will make a burial-case. Ye will use your best skill, and ye will dress 

 and adorn mj- body. Then ye will place my body in the burial-case, 

 and then ye will close it up, and in the added room toward the rising 

 sun, on the inside of the lodge, ye will prepare well a place for it and 

 place it up high." 



ne' kieron'ke", neiT tii'hno"" e°io'hnir"hti"ne" ne' dji' .. 



the my flesh on, now besides it will become hard the « here 



tewaksthonteron'nio"'. Ne' o'nf ne' neiT (''"wa"tka"we* ne' 



I am jointed severally, have The also the (now) itwillcea.se, the - 



joints. when will leave it 



dji' katoii'rie'se" te"skeron'weke' se'snon'ke' e"'sats'te'. E'tho'ne' 



where I Ijreathe. must thou close my thy hand with thou must At that 3 



eyes use it. time 



nen' te"sa"'she'"tho" o'k' the°tewenno""to"\ No'k' ho'nf ne' 



now must thou weep just it will come of its own And also the ■* 



accord. 



otiake''sho"" ne' kano°"sako"' e"ie'teron'take'' ne' te"iekan'erake' _ 



others each I if the it house in will they abide the they it will look at 



ne' neiT e"ki''heie", akwe'ko" sha'te"iawen'ne" te"sewa'shent'lio' . 



the (now) will I die, it all likewise it will happen must (will) ye weei» 



when too 



tii'hno"'' e"sewa"niko"''ra'kse"'." No'k' ia" ki"' othe'no"' » 



besides will your minds be grieved." And not I anvthinj; • 



think 



ne' ro'mste""ha" thiieiako'niko"'raienta''o" ne' dji' 



the his mother thither it she understood the wliere 



na'ho'te"' wa'hefi'ro"'. Nen' ta'hno"" se""'ha'' i'si' non'we" dji' 



kind of thing he it said. Now besides somewhat von- the place where 



(it is) farther der 



na'ho'te"' wa'shako'hro'ri". Wa'heii'ro"': "Ne' ni^il' 



the kind of he it told her. He it said: "The now 

 thing 



e"waki'he'io"' e"sewaronto'tseron'nr, ne' e"tisewateweien'to"' 



it will have caused will (must) ye make a case, the will ye it do with care 

 me to die 



ne' e"'skwaia'ta'seron'ni'', e'tho'ne' ni'iT orofito'tsera'ko"" 



the will ye my body finely array. at that now it case in 



e"'skwaia'ti'ta\ no'k' ho'ni" e'tho'ne' e°tisewanon'teke\ tii'hno""' 



ye my body will and also at that will ye it cover. besides 



place in (it). time 



ne' dji' tkar;i'kwi'neke""s noiika'ti' ne' dji' ieiono""sonte", 



the where thence it sun comes side of it the where there it possesses a 1"* 



out (east) room (lodge) 



kano"'sako"'' nonka'ti' e"sewakwata'ko' e'neke"' e"sewa're"'." 



it room in the side of it will ye it prepare W(^l high up will ye it place." t.^ 



