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will all the people cry to me for succor, and when I come it will be 

 in this wise : my face will be sober and I shall turn it to my people. 

 Now let me ask how your people receive your teachings.' 



" He answered, ' It is my opinion that half my people are inclined 

 to believe in me." 



" Then answered he, ' You are more successful than I for some 

 believe in you but none in me. I am inclined to believe that in the 

 end it will also be so with you. Now it is rumored that you are 

 but a talker with spirits (djis'ga n dataha' 2 ). Now it is true that I 

 am a spirit and the one of him who was murdered. Now tell your 

 people that they will become lost when they follow the ways of the 

 white man.' " 



So that is what he said. Eniaiehuk. 



section 95 



" So they proceeded on their journey and had not gone far when 

 they came to a halt. 



" Then the messengers pointed out a certain spot and said, 

 ' Watch attentively,' and beheld a man carrying loads of dirt and 

 depositing them in a certain spot. He carried the earth in a wheel- 

 barrow and his task was a hard one. Then he knew that the name 

 of the man was Sagoyewat'ha, a chief. 



" Then asked the messengers, 'What did you see? ' 



" He answered, ' I beheld a man carrying dirt in a wheelbarrow 

 and that man had a laborious task. His name was Sagoyewat'ha, 

 a chief.' 



" Then answered the messengers, ' You have spoken truly. Sago- 

 yewat'ha is the name of the man who carries the dirt. It is true 

 that his work is laborious and this is for a punishment for he was 

 the one who first gave his consent to the sale of Indian reservations. 

 It is said that there is hardship for those who part with their lands 

 for money or trade. So now you have seen the doom of those who 

 repent not. Their eternity will be one of punishment.' "- 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



1 See Spiritism, p. 126. 



2 The followers of the Gai'wiio' to this day mention the name of Red Jacket 

 with contempt. While they acknowledge his mental superiority they have 

 no other admiration for him. He was ever the enemy of Cornplanter and 

 Ganiodaiio with whom he had frequent collision and recognized the sachem- 

 prophet only as an impostor. The teachings of Ganiodaiio have done much 

 to prejudice the Iroquois against Red Jacket. 



