HEWITT— REQUICKENING ADDRESS 



"That, more than this, (I say). Now, thou noble one, my off- 

 spring, my weanling, thou hast a nephew and a niece — the warriors 

 and the women. They are thy care, (I say). 



"That more than this, I say, thou noble one, my offspring, thou 

 must give full hearing to whomsoever will speak to thee (for counsel 

 and for service). That, too, let the Three Brothers say, 'Do ye listen 

 and obey one another.' That it is, in fact, a grievous thing, should it 

 be so that thou, thou noble one, would cast over thy shoulder what- 

 soever word is spoken to thee. That mood of mind can be only when 

 the time is near in which the feet of thy people will hang over the 

 abyss of the sundered earth (of impending ruin). And there is no one 

 dwelling beneath the sky who has the power to come out therefrom 

 when that will have come to pass. And, furthermore, this responsi- 

 bility rests both upon thee and upon thy niece and thy nephew, that 

 ye listen to and obey one another, (I say). 



"Thus, too, let it be, that for one poor short day, thou mayst 

 continue to think in contentment, my offspring, thou noble ruler, 

 thou weanling, whom I have been wont to hold in my bosom. 



"In this manner then, perhaps, let them do it, the Three Brothers, 

 so denominated ever since they were in the prime growth of their 

 affairs, (I say). 



"Now, more than this, do thou know it, this one [indicating], my 

 offspring, thou noble ruler, thou weanling, whom I have been wont 

 to hold in my bosom, their word [a wampum string] is going hence to 

 thee, (I say)." 



TWELFTH WAMPUM STRING 



"Now, another thing, I say. That, verily, it is a direful thing for 

 the mind of him who has suffered from a grievous calamity to become 

 insane, that, in fact, it is immune from everything on this earth, and 

 has power to end the days of man, and that it may be caused by the 

 falling away of the mind. 



"That, more than this, do thou know it, my offspring, my weanling, 

 whom I have been wont to hold in my bosom, that the Three Brothers 

 have now perfected their preparations, and now, furthermore, let 

 them say it, that 'We forbid thee in this matter. Let not the minds 

 of thy people become insane from grief; let the matter, instead, re- 

 main in perfect peace,' (I say). 



"Thus, furthermore, let it be that for one poor short day thou 

 mayst continue to think in contentment and peace, this one, my 

 offspring, thou noble ruler, my weanling whom I have been wont to 

 hold in my bosom, (I say). 



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