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who use this evil drink know that it consumes the elements of life 

 They must repent.' " 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



section 60 



" ' Now another message. 

 ' It is a custom for thanksgiving to be made over the hills of 

 planted corn. 1 Let the head one of the family make an invocation 

 over the planted hills that the corn may continue to support life. 

 Now this will be a right thing and whosoever asks the help of the 

 Creator will receive it.' " 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



section 61. 



" ' So now another. 

 ' Now it is understood that Dio'he v ko n (the corn, bean and 

 squash spirits), have a secret medicine, o'sagan'da' and o'sdis'dani. 

 So soak your seed corn in these two medicines before you plant 

 your fields. The medicines grow on the flat lands near streams.' ' 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



section 62 



" ' Now another message. 

 ' Now there are some who have boasted that they could drink 

 all the strong drink in the world. Now we, the messengers, say 

 that they who thus idly boast will never live to accomplish what 

 they boast. White men will ever distil the evil liquor.' '' 2 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



section 63 



" ' Now another message. 



" ' Tell your friends and relatives that there will be two divisions 



1 The ceremony of invoking the Creator over the hills of corn was an old 

 one and like many other old customs was indorsed by the prophet. This 

 custom is still continued among some of the Iroquois. " When the leaf of 

 the dogwood is the size of a squirrel's ear, the planting season has come. 

 Before the dawn of the first day of the planting a virgin girl is sent to the 

 fields where she scatters a few grains of corn to the earth as she invokes 

 the assistance of the spirit of the corn for the harvest." 



2 This section with others of similar import brings out the prophet's intense 

 dislike of idle boasting. 



