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that such boasting is evil. The Creator endowed the man with 

 strength and therefore he should not boast but thank the giver who 

 is the Creator. So tell your people these things.' So they said. 



" ' Xow furthermore a man says, " I am the swiftest runner of 

 the world. Xo one can outrun me." Xow he regards himself as a 

 mighty man and boasts before his people. Xow the Creator says 

 that such boasting is evil. The Creator endowed the man with his 

 speed and he should offer thanks and not boast. So we, the mes- 

 sengers, say your people must cease their boasting.' " 1 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



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" ' Xow another message. 



" ' Three things that our younger brethren (the white people) 

 do are right to follow. 



" ' X"ow, the first. The white man works on a tract of cultivated 

 ground and harvests food for his family. So if he should die they 

 still have the ground for help. If any of your people have cultivated 

 ground let them not be proud on that account. If one is proud 

 there is sin within him but if there be no pride there is no sin. 



" ' Now, the second thing. It is the way a white man builds a 

 house. He builds one warm and fine appearing so if he dies the 

 family has the house for help. Whoso among you does this does 

 right, always providing there is no pride. If there is pride it is 

 evil but if there is none, it is well. 



" ' X T ow the third. The white man keeps horses and cattle. Now 

 there is no evil in this for they are a help to his family. So if he 

 dies his family has the stock for help. Xow all this is right if there 

 is no pride. No evil will follow this practice if the animals are well 

 fed, treated kindly and not overworked. Tell this to your people." ' 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



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" * Now another message to tell your relatives. 

 ' This concerns education. It is concerning studying in English 

 schools. 



' Xow let the Council appoint twelve people to study, two 

 from each nation of the six. So many white people are about you 

 that you must study to know their ways.' " 

 So thev said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



1 A more complete catalog of the besetting sins of the Iroquois than set 

 forth in the foregoing sections can not be found nor are they elsewhere more 

 graphically described. 



