THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE 6l 



and continue to sing on his journey to the other world. 1 They 

 will do this who have repented and who believe in Gai'wiio'." 

 So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



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" Now another message. 



u Now the messengers said, ' Look you back in a vision to Corn- 

 planter village and the place where the creek empties into the river.' 

 So he looked and saw a large number of canoes gathered there. 

 Many people were assembled and there were barrels of strong 

 drink at the place. The people were making much noise. Now 

 moreover there was a man there, hopping from canoe to canoe and 

 singing Dji'haya, the song of the evil-minded spirit. Now the 

 words that he sang were these : 



' More happy am I in my own house, 

 Far more happy there than here.' 



" Yet the man seemed to be greatly enjoying himself. 



" Then said the messengers, ' You have been observing, now 

 what did you see ? ' 



He answered, ' I saw a man hopping from canoe to canoe singing 

 the song of the evil-minded one. He said that his house was more 

 happy a place than that where he was. The people about I should 

 judge were filled with strong drink.' So he said in answer to the 

 messengers. 



1 Ideas of the soul. The following ideas of the human soul were anciently 

 held by the Iroquois and their influence on the teachings of Handsome 

 Lake's teachings will be noted upon reading the Gai'wiio' : 



Every soul has a path to its destiny after death. 



Every soul retains its personal identity whatever form it may inhabit. 



Soul differs from life. 



When the soul leaves the body life does not necessarily. 



When life leaves the body the soul generally does, though not always 

 immediately but may linger for ten days. 



The soul may pass from a living body and enter any object or go to any 

 place to acquire wisdom and returning reveal it to the person in dreams or 

 visions. 



Should a person refuse persistently to heed these warning visions the soul 

 is liable to desert him, leaving the person simply a creature without power 

 to resist or understand the influence of the various spirits good or bad. 



Thinking that by some oversight or evil doing that he may lose his soul 

 the Indian often offers sacrifice to his evil spirit. This is to satisfy his evil 

 spirit with other things than wrong doing and thereby not offend his good 

 spirit. 



