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upon the earth you do not realize the harm that this works upon 

 the departed. 



" ' Now moreover it is said that when an infant is born upon the 

 earth with which the parents are dissatisfied, it knows and says, 

 " I will return to my home above the earth.' " 



" Now it is said that our grief adds to the sorrows of the dead. 

 It is said that it is not possible to grieve always. Ten days shall be 

 the time for mourning and when our friends depart we must lay 

 grief aside. When you, the beings of earth, lose one of your num- 

 ber you must bury your grief in their grave. Some will die today 

 and some tomorrow for the number of our days is known in the 

 sky-world. So hereafter do not grieve. Now it is said that when 

 the ten days have elapsed to prepare a feast and the soul of the dead 

 will return and partake of it with you. It is said moreover that 

 you can journey with the dead only as far as the grave. It is said 

 that when you follow a body to the grave you must have prepared 

 for that journey as if to travel afar. Put on your finest clothing 

 for every human creature is on its journey graveward. It is said 

 that the bodies of the dead have intelligence and know what 

 transpires about them. 1 It is true.' " 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



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" Now it is said that when Ganio'dai'io' was at Tonawanda 

 spreading Gai'wiio' it happened that a certain man named 

 Segwai v do n gwi said, ' I will also send a message to the four 

 messengers and ask whether I am right in my belief in repentance 

 and right doing.' So he sent his message upward in tobacco 

 smoke.'' 



Now when the messengers arose from a council with Ganio'dai'io' 

 he reported what they had told him. " It is a hard matter for he, 

 the questioner, is two-minded." So he said. 



Then Segwai v do n gwi said, " Now this will I do : I will give a 

 string of wampum, ot'go'a, to the chiefs for a proof of my 

 repentance, for though I have been thinking, yet I can not discover 

 that I am two-minded." 



Now when Gai'wiiostuk (the Christian religion) came this man 

 was the first to accept its teaching. When the chiefs heard of it 

 they went to him and offered to return his wampum. 



Then said the man, " I will not turn back because it is for the 

 good of all that I have this religion." 



1 See, The death feast, p. no. 



