COUNCILS AND CEREMONIES OF ADOPTION OF NEW YORK INDIANS 357 



10 Yonder all business to be finished in full, 

 There taking off the horns. And they said : 

 Thither shall they be led by the hand, 

 And placed in the principal seat. 

 Now then, our friends of the Wolf clan : 



1 Kar-he-tyon-ni. Ogti-ska-wa-se-ron-hon. 

 Gea-ti-yo. O-nen-yo-te. Deh-se-ro-kenh. 

 Degh-ho-di- j en-ha-ra-kwen. Ogh-re-kyon-ny . 

 Te-yo-we-yen-don. This comprehends the Wolf clan. 



2 Now then, thy children, the two bands 

 Of the Turtle clan: Ka-negh-sa-keh. 



On-kwe-i-ye-de. Wagh-ker-hon. Ka-hen-doh-hon. Tho-gwen- 



yoh. 

 Kagh-hi-kwa-ra-ke. This comprehends the Turtle clan. 



3 Now then, thy brothers of the Bear clan: 

 De-ya-o-kenh. Jo-non-de-seh, 

 Ots-kwi-ra-ke-ron. Ogh-na-we-ron. 



4 Now these were added of late : Kar-ha-wen-ra-dongh. 

 Ka-ra-ken. De-yo-he-ro. De-yo-swe-ken. 

 Ox-den-keh. Such is the extent of the Bear clan. 

 Such were the clans in ancient times. 



Now these are the words of mutual greeting, 



The opening ceremony, called the old way 



Of mutual greeting. Then one will say : 



My children, now this day 



We are met together. God 



Has appointed this day. Now this day 



We are met, because of the solemn event 



Which is now our lot. Now into the earth 



Has he been borne to whom we always looked. 



Even in our tears then together let us smoke. 



Now then, we say, we wipe away 



The falling tears, so that peacefully 



You may look around. And then we think 



Something stops up your ears. Now then 



With care have we removed this hindrance 



