Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-02
DEATH q ~. ae.ss. M!.1I!s z.!ss.!A!.s.:..2 I.

II
New York, November %. Ia the pres.
| ence OF many of tho peo-
PIE TO whom She had devoted her fife.
the last rites were performed to day over
the body OF Mrs Harriet Maxwell Con-
verse, ttha great white ppother' of tho
six nations Of the great Iroquois Con-
iSderncy. Eulogies were pronounced by
the dead womnu's pastor and by the
chiefs of the varions clans Of the Seneca
Nation, by whom Mrs. Converse was
adopted When Int o little gin, aid one
OF the chiefs performed the ancient rite
OF the passing of the horns which
consisted Of taking the string OF sacred
wampum beads, the insignia of office,
from the lid OF the casket and present
ing them to Joseph Keppler. long asso.
cieted with Mrs. Converse In her work
amongst the Indians, by which act Mr..
Keppler was nominated by the cEiefs
present as the successor of the dead
woman. S.i ~ s.
Mr.. Keppler was adopted by the
Seneces macy years ago and bears the
ther.o
In addition to the delegates from the
six nations, there were present repre-
sentatives of the Huroiis, Sioux, Abinki,
Algonquins, Aztecs, of Mexico, and sev-
eral other tribes.
Rev. Thomas III. Sill, Of st. Chrysos-
toms chapel, tho dead woman's pastor,
read the Episcopal services for the dead,
after which Grow, Seneca warrior,
made brief address in his native
tongue, lamentipg the death of the
great white mother.n In speaking he
addressed himself to the body before
him and In conclusion wished her happi-
ness in the spirit land. Then. turning
TO his tribesmen, he said:
"We have lost our best and dearest
friend. In the many gifts of the great
nothing 80 beautiful as this woman. She
was the most beautiful of all our gifts.
She knew, ns and understood us. She
stood between us and those who would
have wrOnged ps. It will DO happy
task now for the Great Spirit to make
her a home in the happy laLd."'
Channcoy Abrams, also Seneca. aot-
ing for Chief Corn Planter lifted the
"borns" from the casket and presenting
them to Mr.. Keppler, informed him that
he had been selected to take the great
Wnito mothers Office. Then, turning to
tho coffin, he said:
z wish you, Gals Wa -Noa, q cafe and
happy journey to tho spirit land"
Mr.. Keppler. in accepting the ancient
"horns," promised to faithfully admins
ter the trust imposed on him by his red
Chief Corn Planter followed, wearing
under his vest red sash, the badge OF
the high priest of "Gon- Oh Din" religion,
He expressed his grief In few words of
broken English, while tears streamed
down his face, and then sat in his chair,
buried his face in his hands and wept
OURS THE TRUE RELIGION.
Dark Face. magnificent looking man
with hair streaming below his broad
shoulders, said:
81 am not Seneca, but come Of the
Denikee tribe. / know the great white
mother, as every red man in this land
knows her. She studied the Indians
religion, the true religion. 1t is founded
on the true God. Our God touched thia
woman's heart and she understood us.
She was the angel of God. We may not
have Christ in our religion, but we
have a mediator and she was the great
mediator between the whites and the In
dians. We see our God-we hear our
God. We see Him in the trees, in the
rivers and even in blade of grass, just
as we hear him in the rustic of the
leaves in our forests. Ours is the God
of Nature. She was leader to US. She
inspired us to better things. We loved
her and new she is gone from us; but
while we are sad it is for us that we are
sad, not for her, because we knowshe is
happy. We are sad because we are left
alone. l think ours is the sweetest of
all The religions"
Addresses, were also made by Chief
Longfellow, Morris Leigh and Carlos, an
Aztec from Mexico.
The interment will be made to. morrow
in the Converse family plot at Elmira,
N. Y.