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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  which 
  is 
  explanatory, 
  and 
  includes 
  the 
  full 
  rendering 
  of 
  Hail, 
  not 
  

   given 
  by 
  Hale. 
  The 
  words 
  are 
  divided 
  into 
  syllables 
  and 
  arbitrarily 
  

   into 
  verses, 
  and 
  the 
  chiefs 
  are 
  numbered 
  in 
  order. 
  The 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  is 
  different 
  from 
  his, 
  and 
  the 
  spelling 
  often 
  

   varies, 
  but 
  the 
  material 
  differences 
  are 
  not 
  great. 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  La 
  Fort 
  manuscript 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   writer's 
  hands 
  for 
  examination 
  and 
  copying. 
  One 
  date 
  on 
  this 
  was 
  

   June 
  2, 
  1875, 
  but 
  a 
  heading 
  reads: 
  Six 
  Nation 
  Condolence 
  this 
  

   Paper 
  Onondaga 
  Castle, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1885. 
  There 
  were 
  slight 
  differ- 
  

   ences 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  Mr 
  Hale's 
  copy, 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  vowels, 
  but 
  

   with 
  occasional 
  omissions 
  of 
  words 
  or 
  letters. 
  None 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  

   important. 
  With 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  Rev. 
  Albert 
  Cusick 
  the 
  whole 
  was 
  re- 
  

   vised 
  with 
  improved 
  orthography. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  chiefs 
  was 
  appended 
  

   to 
  this 
  copy, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  song 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  included, 
  and 
  there 
  

   are 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  notes. 
  One 
  Onondaga 
  story 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  principal 
  

   songs 
  were 
  once 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  lost, 
  but 
  luckily 
  an 
  old 
  woman- 
  was 
  

   found 
  who 
  remembered 
  them 
  well. 
  Better 
  care 
  was 
  taken 
  of 
  them 
  

   afterward. 
  

  

  Variations 
  in 
  the 
  songs 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  long 
  ceremony 
  like 
  the 
  condolence, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  that 
  

   the 
  speaker 
  or 
  singer 
  may 
  sometimes 
  change 
  the 
  order 
  or 
  words, 
  

   and 
  this 
  happens 
  here. 
  March 
  15, 
  1894, 
  Mr 
  H. 
  E. 
  Krehbiel 
  of 
  

   New 
  York, 
  lectured 
  before 
  the 
  Woman's 
  University 
  Club 
  of 
  that 
  

   city 
  on 
  Hiawatha 
  and 
  the 
  Rites 
  of 
  the 
  Condoling 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois, 
  and 
  this 
  led 
  to 
  some 
  correspondence 
  with 
  the 
  writer. 
  Mr 
  

   Krehbiel 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  the 
  song 
  of 
  greeting 
  and 
  the 
  Litany, 
  and 
  also 
  other 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  which 
  I 
  wrote 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  singing 
  of 
  John 
  Buck. 
  Mr 
  Hale, 
  

   to 
  whom 
  I 
  sent 
  the 
  music, 
  seemed 
  much 
  disturbed 
  by 
  my 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  our 
  chant 
  was 
  extremely 
  fragmentary 
  compared 
  with 
  this 
  

   book. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  take 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  Litany, 
  because 
  it 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  be 
  repetition, 
  but 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  took 
  it 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  consonance 
  with 
  the 
  

   text 
  as 
  printed 
  on 
  my 
  program. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Hale 
  is 
  supported 
  by 
  many 
  copies, 
  and 
  carelessness 
  on 
  the 
  

   singer's 
  part 
  will 
  account 
  for 
  discrepancies, 
  and 
  by 
  comparison 
  with 
  

   the 
  version 
  given 
  here 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  Haii 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  

   indefinitely 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  the 
  singer. 
  First 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  

   the 
  song 
  called 
  " 
  Hail 
  " 
  as 
  sung 
  by 
  John 
  Buck, 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  will 
  

  

  