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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  directly 
  where 
  the 
  smoke 
  arises, 
  if, 
  perhaps, 
  they 
  have 
  any 
  business 
  

   for 
  the 
  council 
  to 
  consider. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  words 
  of 
  our 
  law, 
  — 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  of 
  Indians 
  

   (Ongwehonwe). 
  

  

  What 
  is 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  smoke 
  ? 
  It 
  is 
  this 
  — 
  that 
  the 
  chiefs 
  

   must 
  all 
  be 
  honest; 
  that 
  they 
  must 
  all 
  love 
  one 
  another; 
  and 
  that 
  

   they 
  must 
  have 
  regard 
  for 
  their 
  people, 
  — 
  including 
  the 
  women, 
  and 
  

   also 
  our 
  children, 
  and 
  also 
  those 
  children 
  whom 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  

   seen 
  ; 
  so 
  much 
  they 
  must 
  care 
  for, 
  that 
  all 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  peace, 
  even 
  the 
  

   whole 
  nation. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs 
  to 
  do 
  this, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  

   the 
  power 
  to 
  govern 
  their 
  people. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  anything 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  

   for 
  the 
  good 
  of 
  the 
  people, 
  it 
  is 
  their 
  duty 
  to 
  do 
  it. 
  Hale. 
  Book 
  of 
  

   Rites, 
  p. 
  169 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  usual 
  name 
  of 
  Kinosioni, 
  the 
  long 
  

   house, 
  appears 
  but 
  once 
  in 
  the 
  songs, 
  being 
  replaced, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  

   said, 
  by 
  the 
  earlier 
  term 
  of 
  Kayanerenhkowa, 
  the 
  Great 
  Peace. 
  

   Another 
  word 
  appears 
  less 
  formally, 
  Kanaghstajikowa, 
  the 
  great 
  

   budding, 
  and 
  once 
  in 
  an 
  additional 
  document, 
  Ongwehonwe, 
  real 
  or 
  

   original 
  men, 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  names. 
  The 
  Great 
  Peace 
  was 
  an 
  expressive 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   days 
  of 
  the 
  confederacy 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  then 
  but 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  agree- 
  

   ment 
  not 
  to 
  fight 
  each 
  other, 
  but 
  to 
  amicably 
  arrange 
  mutual 
  diffi- 
  

   culties. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Mr 
  Hale 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  wampum 
  bunches 
  differs 
  in 
  

   Canada 
  from 
  that 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  though 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  slight 
  over- 
  

   sight 
  on 
  his 
  part. 
  He 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  wampum 
  beads 
  were 
  variously 
  disposed 
  in 
  these 
  strings, 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  the 
  topic 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  intended 
  to 
  recall. 
  For 
  in- 
  

   stance, 
  the 
  most 
  mournful 
  subject 
  — 
  the 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  

   the 
  late 
  chief 
  — 
  was 
  indicated 
  by 
  a 
  string 
  entirely 
  black. 
  The 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  consolation 
  of 
  the 
  shining 
  sun 
  was 
  figured 
  by 
  a 
  string 
  or 
  knot 
  

   of 
  pure 
  white 
  beads. 
  In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  strings 
  the 
  white 
  beads 
  pre- 
  

   dominated, 
  and 
  in 
  others 
  the 
  black. 
  They 
  varied 
  also 
  in 
  their 
  

   length, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  (from 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  strings) 
  appropri- 
  

   ated 
  to 
  each 
  topic. 
  The 
  style 
  of 
  recitation 
  was 
  somewhat 
  remark- 
  

   able. 
  It 
  was 
  neither 
  singing 
  nor 
  ordinary 
  speaking, 
  but 
  a 
  mode 
  of 
  

   utterance 
  evidently 
  peculiar 
  to 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  He 
  spoke 
  

   in 
  brief 
  sentences, 
  each 
  commencing 
  with 
  a 
  high, 
  sudden, 
  explosive 
  

   outburst, 
  and 
  gradually 
  sinking 
  to 
  the 
  close, 
  where 
  it 
  ended 
  ab- 
  

   ruptly, 
  in 
  a 
  quick, 
  rising 
  inflection. 
  The 
  whole 
  was 
  plainly 
  a 
  set 
  

   form 
  of 
  phrases, 
  which 
  the 
  speaker 
  was 
  reciting 
  with 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  per- 
  

   functory 
  fervor. 
  Occasionally 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  brief 
  response 
  — 
  a 
  low 
  

  

  