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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  their 
  blood 
  ; 
  and 
  his 
  knife 
  flayed 
  their 
  scalps 
  while 
  yet 
  covered 
  with 
  

   gore 
  ! 
  And 
  why 
  do 
  we 
  mourn 
  ? 
  Though 
  he 
  fell 
  on 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  

   the 
  slain, 
  with 
  glory 
  he 
  fell; 
  and 
  his 
  spirit 
  went 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  

   his 
  fathers 
  in 
  war 
  ! 
  Then 
  why 
  do 
  we 
  mourn 
  ? 
  With 
  transports 
  of 
  

   joy 
  they 
  received 
  him, 
  and 
  fed 
  him, 
  and 
  clothed 
  him, 
  and 
  welcomed 
  

   him 
  there 
  ! 
  Oh, 
  friends, 
  he 
  is 
  happy 
  ; 
  then 
  dry 
  up 
  your 
  tears. 
  His 
  

   spirit 
  has 
  seen 
  our 
  distress, 
  and 
  sent 
  us 
  a 
  helper 
  whom 
  with 
  pleasure 
  

   we 
  greet. 
  Deh-he-wa-mis 
  has 
  come; 
  then 
  let 
  us 
  receive 
  her 
  with 
  

   joy! 
  — 
  she 
  is 
  handsome 
  and 
  pleasant! 
  Oh, 
  she 
  is 
  our 
  sister, 
  and 
  

   gladly 
  we 
  welcome 
  her 
  here. 
  In 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  our 
  brother 
  she 
  stands 
  

   in 
  our 
  tribe. 
  With 
  care 
  we 
  will 
  guard 
  her 
  from 
  trouble 
  ; 
  and 
  may 
  

   she 
  be 
  happy 
  till 
  her 
  spirit 
  shall 
  leave 
  us. 
  Seaver, 
  p. 
  57-59 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  annual 
  outing 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Historical 
  Association, 
  

   held 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  Valley, 
  June 
  6, 
  1904, 
  the 
  writer 
  was 
  adopted 
  into 
  

   the 
  Onondaga 
  Eel 
  clan 
  as 
  Wah-kat-yu'-ten, 
  the 
  Beautiful 
  Rainbow. 
  

   It 
  was 
  intended 
  to 
  do 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  council 
  house, 
  when 
  the 
  society 
  

   met 
  there 
  two 
  years 
  before, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  then 
  deferred 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  

   time. 
  The 
  ceremony 
  used 
  did 
  not 
  essentially 
  differ. 
  Albert 
  Cusick 
  

   or 
  Sa-go-na-qua-de, 
  performed 
  the 
  customary 
  rites 
  in 
  Indian 
  cos- 
  

   tume, 
  relating 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  clan 
  and 
  confederacy 
  and 
  the 
  rea- 
  

   sons 
  why 
  the 
  honor 
  was 
  bestowed. 
  He 
  then 
  led 
  the 
  new 
  brother 
  

   up 
  and 
  down, 
  singing 
  the 
  customary 
  song 
  of 
  thanksgiving 
  and 
  then 
  

   introducing 
  him 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  his 
  new 
  relatives 
  who 
  were 
  present. 
  

   At 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  Historical 
  Association 
  the 
  next 
  even- 
  

   ing, 
  after 
  the 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  Cornplanter 
  medal 
  to 
  Gen. 
  John 
  

   S. 
  Clark 
  of 
  Auburn, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  valued 
  Iroquois 
  researches, 
  

   that 
  distinguished 
  antiquarian 
  was 
  adopted 
  into 
  the 
  same 
  clan 
  and 
  

   nation, 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Hah-hah-he'-sucks, 
  or 
  the 
  Pathfinder. 
  In 
  

   both 
  these 
  cases 
  the 
  distinction 
  was 
  unsought, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  it 
  is 
  

   rarely 
  given. 
  The 
  song 
  used 
  was 
  no. 
  7 
  of 
  this 
  bulletin, 
  being 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  Adonwah 
  or 
  thanksgiving 
  songs. 
  They 
  are 
  thankful 
  for 
  

   their 
  new 
  brother. 
  The 
  ancient 
  and 
  monotonous 
  He 
  He 
  accom- 
  

   paniment 
  from 
  a 
  large 
  body 
  of 
  persons 
  gives 
  a 
  peculiar 
  character 
  

   to 
  this. 
  

  

  Religious 
  council 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  many 
  religious 
  feasts 
  the 
  religious 
  

   council 
  is 
  of 
  modern 
  institution 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  distinct 
  character. 
  Mor- 
  

   gan 
  gave 
  the 
  Seneca 
  name 
  as 
  Ga-e-we'-yo-do 
  Ho-de-os-hen-da-ko, 
  

   one 
  devoted 
  to 
  religious 
  observances, 
  mainly 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  teach- 
  

  

  