Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . ongs of the Condoling and Installation Coun-cil of the League of the Iroquois were first translated, so far asknown, into English for Air. Horatio Hale (The Iroquois Bookof Rites, 1883) by Chief John Smoke Johnson, who is theredescribed as the only man now living wdio can tell the meaningof every word of the Book of Rites. Yet, they were erroneouslytranslated as Songs of Greeting and Welcome. But on gram-matic grounds and from their position in the ritual Mr. Hewitt hasdecided, tentatively at least, to translate them a
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . ongs of the Condoling and Installation Coun-cil of the League of the Iroquois were first translated, so far asknown, into English for Air. Horatio Hale (The Iroquois Bookof Rites, 1883) by Chief John Smoke Johnson, who is theredescribed as the only man now living wdio can tell the meaningof every word of the Book of Rites. Yet, they were erroneouslytranslated as Songs of Greeting and Welcome. But on gram-matic grounds and from their position in the ritual Mr. Hewitt hasdecided, tentatively at least, to translate them as Songs of Parting or Songs of Farewell, which are so dramatically sung, therefore,in behalf of the dead chieftain. The Dekanawida legend rehearsing the story of the foundingof the League of the Five Nations, as told by the iMohaw^k andOnondaga annalists, is largely repudiated by the Cayuga wisemennow living. And there appear to be some grounds for their doc-trine. So Air. Hewitt recorded a Cayuga version of the so-called 126 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66. m Fig. 124.—Small (Irums for the Onchowih dances of the Iroqtiois.
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