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  This 
  they 
  said: 
  Thus 
  shall 
  it 
  be 
  done: 
  

   We 
  will 
  place 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  

   Where 
  the 
  shadow 
  always 
  falls. 
  

  

  7 
  Now 
  again 
  another 
  thing 
  you 
  considered, 
  

   And 
  you 
  said 
  : 
  Perhaps 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  well 
  

  

  That 
  we 
  leave 
  this 
  here, 
  lest 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  seen 
  

  

  By 
  our 
  grandchildren 
  who 
  are 
  troublesome, 
  

  

  Looking 
  and 
  searching 
  everywhere, 
  

  

  Into 
  every 
  crevice. 
  People 
  will 
  be 
  startled 
  

  

  At 
  their 
  returning 
  in 
  great 
  consternation, 
  

  

  Asking 
  what 
  has 
  happened? 
  

  

  Why 
  is 
  this 
  lying 
  here 
  ? 
  For 
  they 
  will 
  continue 
  

  

  Asking 
  till 
  they 
  learn 
  what 
  they 
  seek. 
  

  

  At 
  once 
  will 
  they 
  be 
  shaken 
  in 
  mind, 
  

  

  And 
  thus 
  again 
  will 
  trouble 
  be 
  caused. 
  

  

  8 
  Now 
  again 
  another 
  thing 
  they 
  decided, 
  

   And 
  said 
  : 
  This 
  shall 
  be 
  done. 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  pull 
  up 
  a 
  pine 
  — 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  lofty 
  tree 
  — 
  

  

  And 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  deep 
  hole, 
  and 
  drop 
  this 
  thing 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  swift 
  stream, 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  out 
  of 
  sight; 
  

  

  Then 
  will 
  we 
  replace 
  the 
  pine 
  tree, 
  

  

  And 
  then 
  never 
  afterward 
  

  

  Will 
  our 
  grandchildren 
  see 
  it 
  again. 
  

  

  9 
  Now 
  again 
  another 
  thing 
  they 
  determined. 
  

   They 
  said 
  : 
  This 
  will 
  strengthen 
  the 
  House. 
  

   They 
  said 
  : 
  Now 
  we 
  have 
  finished 
  ; 
  

  

  The 
  rites 
  we 
  have 
  performed. 
  Soon, 
  perhaps, 
  

  

  A 
  loss 
  may 
  come. 
  Then 
  this 
  shall 
  be 
  done 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  hang 
  a 
  pouch 
  upon 
  a 
  pole, 
  

  

  Dropping 
  in 
  some 
  mourning 
  wampum, 
  

  

  Some 
  small 
  strings. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  taken 
  

  

  Where 
  they 
  are 
  suffering. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  allowable 
  

  

  To 
  stand 
  by 
  the 
  fireplace, 
  

  

  And 
  to 
  speak 
  a 
  few 
  words, 
  

  

  Giving 
  comfort 
  to 
  the 
  minds 
  

  

  Of 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  mourning, 
  

  

  And 
  then 
  will 
  they 
  be 
  consoled, 
  

  

  And 
  will 
  follow 
  the 
  great 
  law 
  of 
  peace. 
  

  

  