﻿COUNCILS 
  AND 
  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
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  which 
  in 
  their 
  language 
  is 
  the 
  sign 
  of 
  peace 
  ; 
  he 
  was 
  received 
  with 
  

   many 
  caresses 
  of 
  kindness." 
  A 
  meaning 
  more 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  

   the 
  mourning 
  council 
  may 
  be 
  found. 
  In 
  describing 
  the 
  Huron 
  feast 
  

   of 
  the 
  dead 
  in 
  1636, 
  Brebeuf 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  feast, 
  as 
  a 
  compliment 
  to 
  him 
  who 
  had 
  enter- 
  

   tained 
  them, 
  they 
  imitated, 
  as 
  they 
  say, 
  the 
  cry 
  of 
  the 
  souls, 
  and 
  

   issued 
  from 
  the 
  cabin 
  crying 
  hake, 
  hae, 
  and 
  reiterated 
  this 
  cry 
  of 
  the 
  

   souls 
  all 
  the 
  way. 
  This 
  cry, 
  say 
  they, 
  comforts 
  them 
  greatly; 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  this 
  burden, 
  though 
  but 
  of 
  souls, 
  would 
  weigh 
  heavily 
  on 
  the 
  

   back, 
  and 
  cause 
  them 
  a 
  pain 
  in 
  the 
  side 
  for 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  their 
  lives. 
  

  

  The 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs 
  vary 
  much 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  dialects, 
  and 
  

   due 
  allowance 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  their 
  being 
  sung 
  in 
  Mohawk, 
  as 
  is 
  

   the 
  custom. 
  These 
  songs 
  go 
  on 
  almost 
  continuously 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  

   stage, 
  full 
  of 
  lamentations, 
  and 
  concluding 
  with 
  the 
  declaration 
  that 
  

   they 
  are 
  dejected 
  in 
  their 
  minds. 
  The 
  several 
  songs 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  

   follow 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  written, 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  translation 
  on 
  opposite 
  

   pages. 
  

  

  