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112 At the funeral of a chief woman say: 



" Now we become reconciled as you start away. You were once 

 a chief woman in the Five Nations' Confederacy. You once were 

 a mother of the nations. Now we release you for it is true that it 

 is no longer possible for us to walk about together on the earth. 

 Now, therefore, we lay it (the body) here. Here we lay it away. 

 Now then we say to you, ' Persevere onward to the place where 

 the Creator dwells in peace. Let not the things of the earth hinder 

 you. Let nothing that transpired while you lived hinder you. 

 Looking after your family was a sacred duty and you were 

 faithful. You were one of the many joint heirs of the Lordship 

 titles. Feastings were yours and you had pleasant occasions. . . .' 

 (The remainder is the same as the address at the funeral of a 

 Lord). (XXX-113, EUC). 



113 At the funeral of a woman of the people, say: 



" Now we become reconciled as you start away. You were once 

 a woman in the flower of life and the bloom is now withered away. 

 You once held a sacred position as a mother of the nation. (Etc.) 

 Looking after your family was a sacred duty and you were faith- 

 ful. Feastings . . . (Etc.) (The remainder is the same as 

 the address at the funeral of a Lord.) (XXXI-114, EUC). 



114 At the funeral of an infant or young woman say: 



" Now we become reconciled as you start away. You were a 

 tender bud and gladdened our hearts for only a few days. Now 

 the bloom has withered away . . . (Etc.) Let none of the things 

 that transpired on earth hinder you. Let nothing that happened 

 while you lived hinder you. (The remainder is the same as the 

 address at the funeral of a Lord). (XXXII-115, EUC). 



115 When an infant dies within three days, mourning shall con- 

 tinue only five days. Then shall you gather the little boys and 

 girls at the house of mourning and at the funeral feast a speaker 

 shall address the children and bid them be happy once more, though 

 by a death, gloom has been cast over them. Then shall the black 

 clouds roll away and the sky shall show blue once more. Then 

 shall the children be again in sunshine. (XXXIII-116, EUC). 



116 When a dead person is brought to the burial place, the 

 speaker on the opposite side of the Council Fire shall bid the 

 bereaved family cheer their minds once again and rekindle their 

 hearth fires in peace, to put their house in order and once again be 

 in brightness for darkness has covered them. He shall say that 

 the black clouds shall roll away and that the bright blue skv is 



