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men must honestly strive to prevent their followers from helping 

 him.' " 1 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION 92 



" So they proceeded on their journey and had not gone far when 

 they stopped. 



" Then the messengers said, ' Watch attentively.' Then they 

 pointed out to him a certain spot midway between the earth and the 

 clouds. So he w^atched there. Now^ this is true. He saw a house 

 suspended there and on the veranda with a railing about it, a man 

 walked and with him was a penny dog (kwen'nis dji'^ya). Now 

 moreover the man was rejoicing and he was a white man. 



'' Then said the messengers, ' What did you see? ' 



'' He answered, ' I saw a house suspended in the air and on the 

 porch with a railing about it a man was walking and with him was a 

 penny dog. Now moreover the man w^as a white man.' 



'' Then the messengers said, ' Truly you have seen. It is said 

 that the man is the first and oldest president of the United States. 

 Now he enjoys himself and he is the only white man so near the' 

 new world of our Creator. Now it is said that there was once a 

 time when the Thirteen Fires and the King'^ were in trouble. The 

 Thirteen Fires were victorious and this man won the victory from 

 the king. Said the king, " You have overpowered me, so now I 

 release everything that was in my control, even these Iroquois who 

 were my helpers. It rests with you what shall be done with them. 

 Let them be to you a thing for a sacrifice." Then said the presi- 

 dent, " I shall let them live and go back to the places that are theirs 

 for they are an independent people." So it is said. Now this man 

 did a great work. He has ordered things that we may enjoy our- 

 selves, as long as the sun shines and waters run. This is the doing 

 of our Great Creator.' "^ 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk, 



1 This section refers to the " war in the west," probably General Har- 

 rison's campaign against Tecumseh in 181 1. Red Jacket and all the principal 

 chiefs were anxious to preserve peace and did all within their power to 

 prevent their young warriors from enlisting on either side but were not 

 entirely successful. The issue was of such moment that the prophet deemed 

 it wise to reveal the will of the four messengers in the matter. 



2 The word here is feminine and should be translated queen but this would 

 manifestly not be in accord with truth. The error was made by Chief John 

 Jacket who wrote out the Gai'wiio' in Seneca in i860, during the reign of 

 Queen Victoria. 



3 See Washington and the Iroquois, p. 137. 



