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  proceedings. 
  Five 
  days 
  of 
  preaching 
  followed 
  : 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  opened 
  about 
  10 
  a.m., 
  always 
  closing 
  at 
  noon. 
  Four 
  days 
  suf- 
  

   ficed 
  in 
  1905. 
  Sose-ha-wa 
  gave 
  the 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  early 
  hour 
  and 
  

   it 
  belongs 
  to 
  other 
  religious 
  meetings, 
  though 
  not 
  always 
  observed. 
  

   He 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  Our 
  religion 
  teaches 
  that 
  the 
  early 
  day 
  is 
  dedicated 
  to 
  

   the 
  Great 
  Spirit, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  late 
  day 
  is 
  granted 
  to 
  the 
  spirits 
  of 
  

   the 
  dead. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  meridian, 
  and 
  I 
  must 
  close." 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  some 
  

   that 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  rests 
  or 
  goes 
  to 
  sleep 
  at 
  that 
  hour. 
  

  

  At 
  Onondaga 
  the 
  preaching 
  was 
  preceded 
  by 
  an 
  eloquent 
  invo- 
  

   cation, 
  in 
  which 
  thanks 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit, 
  the 
  Four 
  

   Persons, 
  the 
  Thunders 
  who 
  were 
  their 
  grandfathers, 
  the 
  sun, 
  moon 
  

   and 
  earth 
  for 
  their 
  varying 
  blessings. 
  The 
  preacher 
  sat 
  in 
  one 
  

   chair, 
  rising 
  and 
  leaning 
  on 
  it 
  while 
  speaking, 
  and 
  his 
  assistant 
  in 
  

   another 
  held 
  the 
  white 
  wampum. 
  This 
  was 
  carefully 
  wrapped 
  up 
  

   at 
  the 
  close. 
  Soon 
  after 
  came 
  the 
  great 
  feather 
  dance 
  and 
  a 
  con- 
  

   fession 
  of 
  sins 
  on 
  repentance 
  wampum. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  was 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  pleasure. 
  This 
  council 
  being 
  held 
  in 
  August 
  was 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  immediately 
  by 
  the 
  green 
  corn 
  dance, 
  lasting 
  several 
  days, 
  

   but 
  it 
  was 
  sometimes 
  held 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  mourning 
  councils, 
  

   and 
  Morgan's 
  report 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  days' 
  preaching 
  in 
  October 
  

   1848. 
  The 
  ceremonies 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  describe 
  beyond 
  saying 
  that 
  the 
  

   opening 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  way, 
  and 
  with 
  short 
  speeches. 
  

  

  Three 
  persons 
  at 
  first 
  appeared 
  to 
  Handsome 
  Lake 
  and 
  a 
  fourth 
  

   was 
  to 
  join 
  them 
  later. 
  Sose-ha'-wa 
  did 
  not 
  describe 
  the 
  coming 
  

   of 
  the 
  last, 
  but 
  assumed 
  his 
  presence 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  messengers, 
  

   termed 
  Ki-yae-ne-ung-qua-ta-ka 
  or 
  four 
  persons 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas. 
  

   In 
  the 
  preaching 
  of 
  1894 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  particulars, 
  the 
  three 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  telling 
  him 
  he 
  would 
  see 
  the 
  fourth 
  three 
  days 
  later 
  and 
  that 
  

   his 
  coming 
  back 
  to 
  earth 
  depended 
  on 
  where 
  he 
  met 
  him. 
  The 
  day 
  

   came 
  and 
  they 
  said: 
  

  

  You 
  now 
  see 
  the 
  fourth 
  angel. 
  You 
  shall 
  meet 
  him. 
  When 
  

   you 
  meet 
  him 
  he 
  will 
  ask 
  if 
  you 
  ever 
  heard 
  old 
  people 
  say 
  that 
  

   the 
  palefaces 
  killed 
  a 
  certain 
  person. 
  They 
  met 
  him, 
  and 
  he 
  asked 
  

   Handsome 
  Lake 
  if 
  he 
  ever 
  heard 
  of 
  a 
  person 
  who 
  was 
  killed 
  a 
  long 
  

   time 
  ago. 
  He 
  answered, 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  old 
  people 
  say 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  

   one 
  was 
  killed. 
  The 
  man 
  said, 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  person; 
  and 
  he 
  showed 
  

   all 
  the 
  marks 
  made 
  on 
  him 
  in 
  killing 
  him. 
  He 
  said 
  to 
  Handsome 
  

   Lake, 
  The 
  white 
  people 
  abused 
  me, 
  and 
  they 
  think 
  they 
  have 
  killed 
  

   me. 
  I 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  dead, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  gone 
  back 
  home, 
  because 
  

   not 
  one 
  person 
  believed 
  me. 
  So 
  I 
  will 
  say 
  that 
  they 
  shall 
  not 
  enter 
  

   heaven. 
  

  

  