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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  To 
  some 
  men 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  had 
  given 
  knowledge 
  and 
  the 
  gift 
  

   of 
  healing, 
  but 
  they 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  exorbitant. 
  Gifts 
  might 
  be 
  made 
  

   to 
  them 
  according 
  to 
  ability, 
  but 
  to 
  save 
  life 
  was 
  a 
  sufficient 
  reward. 
  

   Tobacco 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  with 
  all 
  medicine, 
  and 
  by 
  this 
  the 
  patient 
  

   was 
  to 
  return 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  for 
  his 
  recovery. 
  It 
  was 
  

   right 
  to 
  look 
  on 
  the 
  dead, 
  for 
  they 
  were 
  conscious 
  of 
  neglect, 
  and 
  

   were 
  glad 
  to 
  be 
  remembered 
  and 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  good 
  resolutions 
  of 
  

   their 
  friends. 
  A 
  eulogy 
  might 
  properly 
  be 
  given. 
  It 
  was 
  wrong 
  

   to 
  keep 
  the 
  annual 
  feast 
  of 
  the 
  dead, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  changed 
  to 
  10 
  

   days' 
  feast, 
  but 
  both 
  are 
  still 
  kept. 
  The 
  seller 
  must 
  tell 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   chaser 
  the 
  actual 
  cost 
  of 
  any 
  article, 
  and 
  anything 
  found 
  was 
  to 
  

   be 
  restored 
  if 
  possible. 
  The 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  had 
  intended 
  that 
  wild 
  

   animals 
  should 
  te 
  used 
  at 
  feasts, 
  but 
  things 
  had 
  changed 
  and 
  they 
  

   might 
  build 
  comfortable 
  houses 
  and 
  raise 
  cattle. 
  Sose-ha'-wa 
  spoke 
  

   of 
  a 
  morning 
  and 
  evening 
  thanksgiving. 
  At 
  Onondaga 
  it 
  was 
  said 
  

   that 
  prayer 
  should 
  be 
  offered 
  five 
  times 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  six 
  principal 
  

   festivals 
  had 
  each 
  their 
  special 
  directions, 
  the 
  briefest 
  of 
  all 
  being 
  

   those 
  for 
  the 
  New 
  Year's 
  feast. 
  They 
  might 
  rest 
  any 
  day, 
  but 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Spirit 
  had 
  appointed 
  no 
  special 
  day 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  way 
  to 
  heaven 
  was 
  less 
  traveled 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  which 
  Hand- 
  

   some 
  Lake 
  saw, 
  where 
  two 
  keepers 
  sat 
  at 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  grave, 
  directing 
  spirits 
  to 
  their 
  future 
  abode. 
  Looking 
  

   into 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  he 
  saw 
  the 
  grotesque 
  and 
  appropriate 
  punishments 
  

   of 
  evil 
  doers. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  might 
  have 
  a 
  future 
  trial 
  and 
  restora- 
  

   tion, 
  but 
  some 
  could 
  not. 
  Just 
  outside 
  of 
  heaven 
  was 
  Washing- 
  

   ton's 
  abode, 
  where 
  he 
  lived 
  alone 
  and 
  speechless, 
  but 
  perfectly 
  

   happy. 
  Handsome 
  Lake 
  was 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  enter 
  heaven 
  at 
  this 
  

   time, 
  for 
  then 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  returned 
  to 
  earth, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  

   the 
  happy 
  hunting 
  grounds 
  of 
  his 
  fathers. 
  At 
  last 
  the 
  earth 
  would 
  

   ibe 
  destroyed, 
  but 
  " 
  before 
  this 
  dreadful 
  time 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  will 
  

   take 
  home 
  the 
  good 
  and 
  faithful. 
  They 
  will 
  lie 
  down 
  to 
  sleep, 
  and 
  

   from 
  their 
  sleep 
  of 
  death 
  they 
  will 
  rise 
  and 
  go 
  home 
  to 
  their 
  

   Creator. 
  Thus 
  the 
  angels 
  said." 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  his 
  life, 
  Handsome 
  Lake 
  was 
  to 
  preach 
  and 
  the 
  

   chiefs 
  were 
  to 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  their 
  way. 
  Other 
  officers 
  having 
  a 
  

   care 
  of 
  religious 
  affairs 
  were 
  the 
  Keepers 
  of 
  the 
  Faith 
  called 
  Ho- 
  

   nun-de-ont 
  by 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  Their 
  female 
  assistants 
  are 
  termed 
  

   O-nah-ta-hone-tah 
  by 
  the 
  Onondagas. 
  These 
  had 
  official 
  names, 
  

  

  