﻿COUNCILS 
  AND 
  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  359 
  

  

  4 
  To 
  your 
  hearing; 
  easily 
  then, 
  it 
  may 
  be, 
  

   You 
  will 
  hear 
  the 
  words 
  to 
  be 
  said. 
  

   And 
  also 
  we 
  think 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  stoppage 
  

  

  In 
  your 
  throat. 
  Now 
  therefore, 
  we 
  also 
  say, 
  

  

  5 
  We 
  remove 
  the 
  obstruction, 
  so 
  that 
  freely 
  

   You 
  may 
  speak 
  in 
  our 
  mutual 
  greetings. 
  

   Now 
  another 
  thing, 
  my 
  children. 
  I 
  say 
  this 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  solemn 
  event 
  which 
  has 
  happened. 
  Every 
  day 
  

  

  6 
  You 
  are 
  losing 
  your 
  great 
  men. 
  Into 
  the 
  earth 
  

   They 
  are 
  borne 
  ; 
  also 
  the 
  warriors 
  ; 
  

  

  Also 
  your 
  women, 
  and 
  your 
  grandchildren 
  as 
  well 
  ; 
  

   So 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  blood 
  

  

  7 
  You 
  are 
  sitting. 
  Now 
  therefore, 
  we 
  say, 
  

   We 
  wash 
  the 
  blood 
  stains 
  from 
  your 
  seat, 
  

   So 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  

  

  That 
  happily 
  the 
  place 
  may 
  be 
  clean 
  

   For 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  where 
  pleasantly 
  

   You 
  rest 
  and 
  are 
  looking 
  all 
  around. 
  

  

  Six 
  tunes 
  of 
  the 
  hymn 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  League 
  I 
  come 
  again 
  to 
  greet 
  and 
  thank; 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  kindred 
  I 
  come 
  again 
  to 
  greet 
  and 
  thank; 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  warriors 
  I 
  come 
  again 
  to 
  greet 
  and 
  thank; 
  

  

  4 
  The 
  women 
  I 
  come 
  again 
  to 
  greet 
  and 
  thank 
  ; 
  

  

  5 
  My 
  forefathers, 
  — 
  what 
  they 
  established, 
  — 
  

  

  6 
  My 
  forefathers, 
  — 
  hearken 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  verse 
  is 
  sung 
  yet 
  again, 
  while 
  he 
  walks 
  to 
  and 
  

   fro 
  in 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  1 
  Hail, 
  my 
  grandsires 
  ! 
  Now 
  hearken 
  

   While 
  we 
  weep 
  and 
  cry 
  to 
  you 
  ! 
  

   Because 
  that 
  has 
  grown 
  old 
  

  

  Which 
  you 
  established, 
  the 
  Great 
  League. 
  

   We 
  hope 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  hear. 
  

  

  2 
  Hail, 
  my 
  grandsires 
  ! 
  Thus 
  ye 
  have 
  said 
  : 
  

   Those 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  pitied 
  who 
  in 
  later 
  days 
  

   Shall 
  pass 
  through 
  this 
  life. 
  

  

  3 
  Hail, 
  my 
  grandsires 
  ! 
  Even 
  now 
  

  

  I 
  may 
  fail 
  in 
  going 
  through 
  the 
  ceremony 
  

   As 
  they 
  were 
  wont 
  to 
  do. 
  

  

  