﻿COUNCILS 
  AND 
  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  417 
  

  

  laying 
  them 
  aside 
  if 
  they 
  gave 
  up 
  the 
  office, 
  a 
  thing 
  seldom 
  done, 
  

   as 
  there 
  were 
  future 
  privileges 
  and 
  penalties. 
  The 
  prophet 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  office 
  exists 
  in 
  Heaven, 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  our 
  Creator. 
  They 
  

   will 
  take 
  the 
  same- 
  place 
  when 
  they 
  arrive 
  there. 
  There 
  are 
  dread- 
  

   ful 
  penalties 
  awaiting 
  those 
  Keepers 
  of 
  the 
  Faith 
  who 
  resign 
  their 
  

   office 
  without 
  a 
  cause. 
  Thus 
  the 
  angels 
  said. 
  

  

  As 
  his 
  mission 
  was 
  commended 
  by 
  the 
  authorities 
  at 
  Washing- 
  

   ton 
  for 
  its 
  beneficial 
  moral 
  effects, 
  many 
  Indians 
  have 
  claimed 
  that 
  

   he 
  had 
  a 
  commission 
  from 
  the 
  President 
  to 
  preach. 
  Jefferson 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  Go 
  on, 
  then, 
  brother, 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  reformation 
  you 
  have 
  under- 
  

   taken. 
  Persuade 
  our 
  red 
  men 
  to 
  be 
  sober 
  and 
  to 
  cultivate 
  their 
  

   lands 
  ; 
  and 
  their 
  women 
  to 
  spin 
  and 
  weave 
  for 
  their 
  families 
  ... 
  It 
  

   will 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  glory 
  to 
  you 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  instrument 
  of 
  so 
  happy 
  

   a 
  change, 
  and 
  your 
  children's 
  children, 
  from 
  generation 
  to 
  genera- 
  

   tion, 
  will 
  repeat 
  your 
  name 
  with 
  love 
  and 
  gratitude 
  forever. 
  

   Stone, 
  p. 
  449 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  in 
  November 
  1802. 
  In 
  March 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  Hon. 
  Henry 
  

   Dearborn, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  War, 
  said 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs, 
  by 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  President 
  Jefferson 
  : 
  

  

  Brothers, 
  — 
  The 
  President 
  is 
  pleased 
  with 
  seeing 
  you 
  all 
  in 
  good 
  

   health, 
  after 
  so 
  long 
  a 
  journey, 
  and 
  he 
  rejoices 
  in 
  his 
  heart, 
  that 
  

   one 
  of 
  your 
  own 
  people 
  has 
  been 
  employed 
  to 
  make 
  you 
  sober, 
  

   good 
  and 
  happy; 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  so 
  well 
  disposed 
  to 
  give 
  you 
  good 
  

   advice, 
  and 
  to 
  set 
  before 
  you 
  so 
  good 
  examples. 
  

  

  Brothers, 
  — 
  If 
  all 
  the 
  red 
  people 
  follow 
  the 
  advice 
  of 
  your 
  friend 
  

   and 
  teacher, 
  the 
  Handsome 
  Lake, 
  and 
  in 
  future 
  will 
  be 
  sober, 
  

   honest, 
  industrious 
  and 
  good, 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Spirit 
  will 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  you 
  and 
  make 
  you 
  happy. 
  Clark, 
  I'.ioy 
  

  

  On 
  this 
  occasion 
  Handsome 
  Lake 
  said 
  the 
  four 
  angels 
  desired 
  

   him 
  to 
  select 
  two 
  sober 
  men 
  to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  strong 
  

   drink, 
  and 
  supplementary 
  revelations 
  came 
  at 
  convenient 
  times. 
  

   He 
  made 
  annual 
  visits 
  to 
  all 
  but 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  the 
  latter 
  rejecting 
  

   his 
  claims, 
  and 
  died 
  on 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  August 
  10, 
  181 
  5. 
  He 
  

   was 
  buried 
  under 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  council 
  house, 
  a 
  little 
  north 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  one, 
  where 
  his 
  unnoticed 
  grave 
  still 
  remains. 
  It 
  has 
  

   been 
  proposed 
  to 
  erect 
  a 
  simple 
  monument 
  1 
  on 
  the 
  spot 
  to 
  the 
  

   memory 
  of 
  a 
  remarkable 
  man, 
  who 
  certainly 
  elevated 
  the 
  character 
  

   of 
  his 
  people. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  preceding 
  was 
  written, 
  the 
  writer 
  examined 
  a 
  Seneca 
  

   version 
  of 
  this 
  preaching, 
  recently 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Library, 
  with 
  

  

  i_This 
  monument 
  was 
  erected 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1906, 
  with 
  appropriate 
  ceremonies. 
  

  

  