New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-15
come again TO greet and thank the women
come again to greet and thank the warriors
My fore,athcrs. what they established
Ilcarken 10 them-mY fnrefafhorsi

| come again TO greet and thank the women!
| I come again to greet and thank the warriors!
| Ny foreathcrs.-what they Established
| ucarken 10 them-my forefathcrs!
In the performance OF the entire ritual there ar
three methods OF chanting or singing. The addresse
are intoned like the church service; the hymn has
melody Of IT'S own built up chiefly what might b.
called the minor trad. were 1t not for the fact tina
one OF the tones TO be variable. being sung a.
times a semi.tonc and quarter tone higher thar
what set rs normal Uhs popularity calls fol
further study; the ltany already referred TO and
lament over the decadencc cf the League which FOL
lows hard on the HYMN have n fixed phrase OF three
tones and, as In the Of the LYNN. each line Is
preceded by the exclamation Hail" there. obviously
meaning "AIas ~ thrice repeated. Following the
lament some OF the ancient laws OF the League re-
gardng succession In the chicftancy are repeated
gust In ancient Greece the laws were sometimes
set to melodies that they might be tho more
easily memorizcf). after which comes the enumeration
OF the fifty original lawgivers OF the League, who are
invoked like the saints In the Roman Catholic htanlcs
l give the beginning as sung by John Buck IL Will
be observed that each chief Is separately invoked with
the. same formula but that after three are men,
toned they are celebrated In special song OF dis
unguisnment:
Hal. Hal! Hal! Hal!
Jiyathon deyonkha,
Hal Hal
Ja.tag.wen.i-o.ton.
Hal Hal.
Ne DE-EA-RI.HOKEN!
Hal. Hal! Hal! Hal Hail
Hal! Hail
Jiya.thon de.yonk.hA
Hal Hal
Ja-tag-we. nio-ton,
Hal! Hal
Ne HA.YENNE-wAT.HAi
Hal! Hal Hal! Hal: Hail
Hal! Hal!
Ji.ya.thon deyonkha.
Hal Hail.
Ja.tas.we.n.oton.
Hal Hail.
Ne SuA.TE.KA.RIwATHEi
Hal Hail.
Neth.no io-en.sna;
Hal Hal.
Ka.riswa-ka yon-ha;
Hal Hal.
Observation-Disclosures;
Hal. Hal!
Ka-ya.ncrenh-g o.wa.ne;
Hal. Hal.
Waka RICH WI -ka- yon.ha;
Hal Hal.
Ne.his. "a ha wiston;
Hal Hal Hal Hados.
Which, being rendered in the vernacular with
apologies 10 Mr.. Hale, has this meaning:
Hail! Hail. Hail! Hail!
Continue thou 10 listen,
Hail Hail.
Thou who vert ruler.
DEKARIHoKEN!
Hail. Hal!
Continue thou To listen
Thou who vert ruler,
HIAWATHA!
Hail Hail &C.,
Continue thou 10 listen,
Thou who vert ruler,
SHAISKARIWAIHE
Han Hail
THAT the roll Of YOU
You who joined in the work.
You who completed the work,
The Greap League
Your work has grown old,
What We have established
You have taken with you!
Alas Alas Alas.
This chant, though monoOnous Is. like the hymn.
exceedingly solemn and impressive and could easily
appreciate the mood and feelings OF venerable
Mohawk matron, who while listening TO the voice OF
Chief John Buck II came from tie phonoGraph last
summer. said You'll have me crying soon If this
he ps up any longer The music bears no, roSem-
ilancc the dance songs Of our plains indians, or
even TO those used by the lroluois III their Pagan
festivals one Of which WIS described in this journal
last summer. During portion OF the ceremony in
the Council House the elder and younger natives arc
hung on a rope drawn across the room-generally a
patchwork quilt; AS he sings the master of cere-
house between the two rows Of chiefs Having no
Wholly on H and feat OF to
Only the names OF the original lawgvers OF the League,
but also the names OF the cities inhabited by the SIX
Nations 800 whose very sites have long been
forgotten would seem almost incomprehcnsiblc did
know that IL il utterly Insignificant compared with
what was universal before the days of wring-the
Of the ancient IlOmeridae for instance.
While singing the hymn the chief holds In his hand
strings Of wampum. of which he gives TO the other
party in the ceremony after each stanza. The chants
being repeated by the other party the wampum strings
back again to the leaders In the condOlng rites.
After the tany Of chiefs The official coincidence ceases
he last words of The ritual being: Now show the
man",hat is: bring forward the candidate for
tOral honOrs. Whether not there formerly Il |
second portion OF the ceremony dealing with the Undue
tiCn installation, does not appear. AT present |
there l. merely address 10 the candidate touching
his dtie, and responsibilities by Of the chiefs |
older In and dignite. After the ceremony, there
Is usually feast To which all the spectators In |
vited. III. +. KRElIBlE1.
New York. May IL. 1893.