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a free translation of the same by Mr Arthur C. Parker. There are 

 six preachers of this religion in New York and Canada, and their 

 oral teaching does not always agree. On this account an attempt 

 has been made to reduce it to writing, but not with perfect success. 

 In the version in question, besides preliminary and miscellaneous 

 matter, there are 94 sections of direct instruction, mostly conclud- 

 ing with the words, " So they said, and he said it," to show that 

 Handsome Lake faithfully transmitted the message given him by 

 the four angels. As a specimen of this there follows section 14, on 

 the correction of children, with Mr Parker's translation of the 

 same. The angels speak : 



Do-oh-na a-eh oh-ya-kuh as-gwa-ah-wi ne-a-eh-ha-a de-ne-huh 

 he-ni-yon-da he-da-ga-neh no-dya-no-da-eh he-jo-he ne-we-a-ih-yas 

 he-ni-yon-da. Na he ye-we-a-gi-ya-yah he-so-yi yo-shaw-wea-nah 

 he-yo-da-ihs-da-nih ti-yu-de gay-gas do-da-yek gwis-da ne-wca-e- 

 yat ti-ga-de no L ya wea-a-go-son-gwa-we-shon neh-huh na-gas yo- 

 doh na ne-ye-sa-a sa-ga-da-te-weat da-sa-gwa-wea-ih-son gas wea- 

 a-go-e-weat. 



Ne-a-eh we-a-oh-ni-go-e-ga-duck no dya-no-da-oh he-jo-he ne-a- 

 eh a-se-oh-wi ne-sey-non-soh neh a-sa-no-da-tey-weat oh-na son-kuh 

 ga-nyah-a-ye-ih-wea-oh ne-sey-non-soh ne-sa-ga jo-gweh da-ne-huh 

 a-eh-no-di-ye. 



Ne-huh-wea-ih-nya-ye-huck. 



Da-na ho-da-wi-wea-ih nyoh-ih-wi-sa-oh na-ya-da-ak da ha-we-oh 

 ne-huh na-eh oh-wa'-no-ah-da-oh he a-oh-wo-no-ihs-da-ni-a ti-ga-de 

 no-ya a-ya-ga a-gos-go da-gwas-gi-sah ne-ye-sa-a ha-a da-gwis-da 

 he-go-us-don da-oh-na wea-ih a-dya-go-nya-ya ne-huh ha-ya-go- 

 goh-duck he-dyo-ne-goh da-gwas-ne-son he-ni-yon-we a-ya-ya-ne- 

 ye-sa-a ah-na-sa-ga-da-te-weat ne-huh wea-ih-soh ha-da-ye-daet ne- 

 ha-eh gwa-na-eh-ha-a de-ne-huh ne sa-gwa-soh wea-a-gus-weat oh- 

 na na-gas-yo-do sa-ga-da-te-weat da-ga-oh-wo-na-wea a-go-ya-hih 

 ne-sa-gwa-sah ne-huh-ga-a-eh no-di-ye ne-huh-wea-ih-nya-ye-huck. 



And now we tell you another story of what people do. 



An old woman punished her children unjustly. Therefore the 

 Creator is sad, for this is wrong. Bid your relatives cease such 

 practices. 



So they said it. 



So now we show you the Creator's way. Talk slowly and 

 kindly to children, and never punish them unjustly. When a child 

 does not obey, the mother must say, " Come to the water. T will 

 immerse you." If the child does not obey after this warning, she 

 must take the child to the water, and just before entering must say, 

 "Do yon now obey?" And she must say so again, and if at the 







