Annual report . Commissioner of Education. Education Department Bulletin Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y.,under the act of July 16, 1894 No. 530 ALBANY, N. Y. November i. 1912 New York State Museum John M. Clarke, DirectorMuseum Bulletin 163 THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE, THE SENECA PROPHET BY ARTHUR C. PARKERINTRODUCTION HANDSOME LAKES RELIGION The Gaiwiio is the record of the teachings of Handsome Lake,the Seneca prophet, and purports to be an exact exposition of theprecepts that he
Annual report . Commissioner of Education. Education Department Bulletin Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y.,under the act of July 16, 1894 No. 530 ALBANY, N. Y. November i. 1912 New York State Museum John M. Clarke, DirectorMuseum Bulletin 163 THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE, THE SENECA PROPHET BY ARTHUR C. PARKERINTRODUCTION HANDSOME LAKES RELIGION The Gaiwiio is the record of the teachings of Handsome Lake,the Seneca prophet, and purports to be an exact exposition of theprecepts that he taught during a term of sixteen years, ending withhis death in 1815. It is the basis of the so-called new religionof the Six Nations and is preached or recited at all the annual mid-winter festivals on the various Iroquois reservations in New Yorkand Ontario that have adherents. These reservations are Onon-daga, Tonawanda, Cattaraugus and Allegany in New York andGrand River and Muncytown in Ontario. There are six authorized holders of the
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