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  6 
  Now 
  then 
  another 
  thing 
  we 
  say, 
  we 
  younger 
  brothers. 
  If 
  any- 
  

   one 
  should 
  fall 
  — 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  principal 
  chief 
  will 
  fall 
  and 
  descend 
  

   into 
  the 
  grave 
  — 
  then 
  the 
  horns 
  shall 
  be 
  left 
  on 
  the 
  grave, 
  and 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  possible 
  another 
  shall 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  his 
  place. 
  This 
  we 
  say 
  and 
  

   do, 
  we 
  three 
  brothers. 
  

  

  7 
  Now 
  then 
  another 
  thing 
  we 
  say, 
  we 
  younger 
  brothers. 
  We 
  will 
  

   gird 
  the 
  belt 
  on 
  you, 
  with 
  the 
  pouch, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  death 
  will 
  receive 
  

   the 
  pouch; 
  whenever 
  you 
  shall 
  know 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  death 
  among 
  us, 
  

   when 
  the 
  fire 
  is 
  made 
  and 
  the 
  smoke 
  is 
  rising. 
  This 
  we 
  say 
  and 
  do, 
  

   we 
  three 
  brothers. 
  

  

  J^ow 
  I 
  have 
  finished. 
  Now 
  show 
  me 
  the 
  man 
  ! 
  [The 
  one 
  to 
  be 
  

   made 
  chief.] 
  

  

  When 
  all 
  the 
  wampum 
  has 
  been 
  delivered 
  the 
  speaker 
  says 
  : 
  

   " 
  Now 
  show 
  me 
  the 
  man," 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  one 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  a 
  chief. 
  The 
  

   mourners 
  reply 
  : 
  " 
  Wait 
  a 
  little." 
  The 
  curtain 
  is 
  again 
  hung, 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  by 
  singing. 
  Then 
  it 
  is 
  removed 
  and 
  the 
  wampum 
  is 
  returned 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  given 
  as 
  said 
  before, 
  but 
  before 
  

   each 
  address 
  the 
  mourners 
  say 
  : 
  " 
  You 
  said 
  so 
  and 
  so." 
  This 
  done, 
  

   the 
  new 
  chiefs 
  are 
  presented 
  and 
  receive 
  wampum 
  and 
  brief 
  charges. 
  

   It 
  often 
  happens 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  dispute 
  over 
  someone 
  who 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   installed. 
  

  

  The 
  writer 
  has 
  used 
  a 
  fine 
  copy" 
  of 
  some 
  Canadian 
  songs 
  which 
  

   was 
  brought 
  from 
  Canada, 
  but 
  this 
  does 
  not 
  include 
  several 
  things 
  

   which 
  Mr 
  Hale 
  found 
  elsewhere. 
  He 
  found 
  a 
  manuscript 
  book 
  at 
  

   Onondaga 
  Castle 
  in 
  1880, 
  written 
  in 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  dialect. 
  The 
  

   list 
  of 
  chiefs 
  in 
  this 
  " 
  closed 
  with 
  the 
  words, 
  " 
  shotinastasonta 
  

   kanastajkona 
  Ontaskaeken/ 
  — 
  literally, 
  ' 
  they 
  added 
  a 
  frame 
  pole 
  to 
  

   the 
  great 
  framework, 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  nation.' 
  " 
  Hale, 
  p. 
  153. 
  He 
  

   said 
  also: 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ms. 
  book 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  note, 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  councilors 
  

   was 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  paragraph, 
  written 
  like 
  prose, 
  but 
  with 
  many 
  of 
  

   these 
  interjections 
  interspersed 
  through 
  it. 
  The 
  interpreter, 
  Albert, 
  

   Cusick, 
  an 
  intelligent 
  and 
  educated 
  man, 
  assured 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  a 
  

   song, 
  and 
  at 
  my 
  request, 
  he 
  chanted 
  a 
  few 
  staves 
  of 
  it, 
  after 
  the 
  

   native 
  fashion. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  words 
  of 
  this 
  hymn, 
  arranged 
  

   as 
  they 
  are 
  sung. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  cento 
  or 
  com- 
  

   pilation, 
  in 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  dialect, 
  of 
  passages 
  from 
  various 
  portions 
  

   of 
  the 
  Canienga 
  Book 
  of 
  Rites, 
  and 
  chiefly 
  from 
  the 
  section 
  (29) 
  

   now 
  under 
  consideration 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  