Religion and Spirituality

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HOMAGE TO THE REDMAN (PART ONE)

INTRODUCTION:

In almost every era, there has been inequity among the various races of men, with one race placing themselves above the rights and freedom of another.

Within the past couple of thousand years or so, the examples are painfully evident; the Israelites and Egyptians, the Aztec’s and Incas, the Africans, and the Native Americans and I am sure there are many others as well.

Each race has certainly had the right to lament over the treatment of their people, of that there is no doubt, but the treatment of the Native American was and still is (in the authors opinion) so poignant that it defies description.

Certainly, there have always been more than one side to any issue and obviously, the Redman was not guiltless in his treatment of the various people who encroached upon his native homelands; two wrongs have never made a right but we must keep in mind that they were (and still are) struggling for their very survival. No other race has been so severely put upon, as have the Native American people.

It is not the purpose of this writing to take sides regarding the issues that confront the peoples alluded to; it is also not the purpose of this writing to laud or condemn the actions of any people. All people come forth by the Hand of the same Creator.

It is the authors hope to provide a forum for those who wish to uphold and reestablish the culture and traditions of the Native American, to reacquaint ‘The People’ to their heritage, and help them to renew their faith in the Ever Present, The Great Spirit. The Native Americans have labored beneath the shadow of those who have, willingly or unwillingly, subjugated them, negating their very existence; it is time now for ‘The People’ to reawaken to their heritage and take their rightful place before the Great Spirit as a proud, wise and productive people.

Time changes and you must change with it! No longer should you despise those who have wronged you but be a greater people by following the commandments of the Great Spirit.

The Father and His angels have not forgotten you nor have they forgotten your plight; neither has the Father gone away to some far away place; He, and His angels are as near today as they have ever been. Have faith!

It is foretold that the Redman shall once again rise to a place of prominence upon the earth, and so he shall, but it is not as one would suppose; the “People” who remain steadfast in the promise of the Almighty, doing His will, shall be a guiding light and influence upon all other races in time to come. These ‘influences’ shall manifest themselves from the very foundation of the bound heavens; your forefathers shall speak unto the souls of all men, irrespective of the color of their skin.

FIRST BOOK OF GOD FROM O’AH’SPE

Chapter XXVIII

God said: Be wise, O man, in the words of thy God. My records come not up out of the ground, nor from the books of mortals. I open my heavenly libraries, and find my living sons and daughters who once trod the earth. Their light I recast down again to mortals in a stream of fire, and lo, my words are rewritten. Search thou for the evidence of my footsteps on the earth; find the people who stand by the Creator, the All One, God of All! Who can shake their faith, or feed them with thy story of a Savior born of woman? Hearken to the voice of the millions of Chine'ya (China) and Vind'yu (India), and the remnants of the Algonquins! (The Native Americans) Their bibles are a power to this day. Their people are appalled at the work of thy bloody sword. They will not fall down and worship as thou decreest; they know that Jehovih (the Great Spirit) is mightier than thou. Be thou considerate of all the races of men, and their doctrines and rites and ceremonies. Behold, I raise up the nations of the earth in mine own way. According to the times and conditions of mortals, so do I deal unto them from my heavenly kingdoms. Thou hast tried on all my people, to convert them, but hast failed utterly. Behold, I come now with a new book; and they will accept it from my hand. Herein do I prophesy to thee, beforehand, that thou shalt witness in time to come, that I, God of heaven and earth, have spoken. Nor shalt thou say: Man of himself progresseth; and that such and such would come of a natural order. I say unto thee, man progresseth not, save by me, through my angel hosts in heaven. In testimony of which I have left many peoples before thee, for hundreds of years. Thy natural order is laziness and uncleanness. Wherein thou art quickened in spirit, behold, it is the heavens upon thee that stirreth thee up. Thou shalt not mistake the teaching of thy God; which was manifested the same in the ancient days as in this day: Which is, to worship thy Creator only; to bow not down to any other God nor Lord; to love thy neighbor, and to do good unto others with all thy wisdom and strength, having faith in the Almighty! End of First Book of God.

A GLIMPSE AT NATIVE AMERICA PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF ITS SUBDUERS.

‘EAWAHTAH’

Chosen of God For the children of Guatama (America)

An excerpt from O’ah’spe:

1. In Guatama, in the Middle Kingdom, by the sea of So-ci-a-pan, came down from heaven, Gitchee, the Creator, the World-Maker, Manito! With silence, speaking in the soul of things. He said: Speak, O earth! Have eyes, O earth! Have ears, O earth! Behold Me, your Maker! 2. The earth answered Him, not with words, boasting, but raised up man! 3. Man said: Here am I, O Gitchee! The Creator looked, and lo and behold, the I’hins of Guatama stood before Him, the little people, white and yellow. Gitchee said: Because you have answered Me in faith, O earth your ong’wee (talking animals) shall be called I’hin. Thus was named the first talkers; men with mouths for words; ears for words. 4. Then Gitchee called the I’hins together, and said they were good; even the handsomest of all created creations. And He commanded them to marry, male and female, and beget heirs. 5. And they obeyed Gitchee Manito’s commands; but the dumb earth cast clouds upward, and blinded the ways of the I’hins, and they strayed away from the mounds, and came to black Druks, which spoke not; having no words; being dumb like the black mud of the earth where they burrowed. 6. In the darkness of the earth the I’hins mingled with the Druks, and lo and behold, a second born speaking animal (ong’wee) stood upon the earth, tall and red, and strong, swift and handsome. Gitchee said: 7. I blame you not, O I’hin! I saw the darkness; saw your straits! But never more shall you dwell with Druks, nor with the new red-born, those with faces like new copper. Call them I’hua; for they shall be protectors over My chosen, the I’hins, forever. The I’hua shall drive away the baugh and mieu and great serpents, and all man-slaying beasts; for I will make mighty nations out of the seed of the I’huans. 8. The first I’huan’s name was O-e-du, and his wife’s name was Uh-na; and they begat Owena and Dan and Shu-sa, but they had no more heirs. At a time soon after, the second man, whose name was Ka-ka-ooh, and whose wife’s name was Wees, begat Somma, and Pan-ah, and Kac-ak, and Jessom. 9. And these were the first tribes of I’huans in the land of Guatama (after the I’hins had migrated from Whaga [Pan], which was sank beneath the waves.), and they lived together, marrying and begetting offspring, living in peace. And the I’hins taught them in all things, so they became an honor on the earth and a glory unto the Creator; but they were mixed so together that one tribe had no preference over another. So, by commandment of God, they were called the tribe of Oedukakaooh, of the Middle Kingdom, Waneopanganosah (Central America.) 10. In the valley of Owak, by the river Ho-e-jon-wan, Gitchee (the Creator) created another tribe called Bak-Haw-ugh, and to the North of them, in the mountains Meiu-how-an-go-to-bah; and their tribes commingled, and Gitchee named them, Bakhawughmeiiuhowangotobah. 11 Jesson, son of Rakaooh, married Wepon, daughter of Bakhawughmeiuhowangotobah, and they begat Sto-gil-bak, and he begat Kom, and he begat See, and she married Ban, son of the tribe Rakaooh, and Ban’s first-born son’s name was La-ban-a-see. 12. And Labanasee was born in su’is (capable of spiritual sight and voice) of the second order, and could hear the Voice of the Creator, Gitchee, the Great Spirit. And the Voice remained with Labanasee during his life-time, which was one hundred and twenty and five years, when he died. And the Voice descended to his son, Hatapanagooshhootlabanasee; and then to his son after him, named Arapanseekasoodativhatapanagooshhootlabanasee. 13. Thus were represented the eighteen tribes of Gitchee’s chosen among the I’huans who should become everlasting heirs to the Voice. 14. And God said unto Ara: Arise and go forth; My hand will steer you. So Ara rose up and departed by the Hand of the Creator, and came to the valley of Owg, broad and sweet-smelling, full of health-giving food and air and water. And there came with Ara into Owg one thousand men, women and children; and they built a city and called it Efspan, signifying place of beauty. 15. And these took the name of the tribe of Ara, the which name survived one thousand, seven hundred and fifty years. And their peoples were tens of thousands. 16. After the tribe of Ara lost the Voice, there was raised up Sho-shone, of the tribes of Sto-gil-bak, And Gitchee raised His Hand before Sho-shone and pointed the way, and Sho-shone departed out of the country of Tabachoozehbakkankan and came to Owg, and took to wife Hisam, daughter of Ooeguffanauha, and they begat E-a-ron-a-ki-mutz, a son of great beauty and strength, a swift runner. 17. And the Voice of Gitcheemonihtee (God of earth) came to Earonakimutz and remained with him during his natural life-time, which was ninety years. And to his son, Fassawanhootaganganearonakimutz, and then to his son, Monagoamyazazhufassawan-hootaganganearonakimutz. 18. And Monag inhabited the regions of the plains of Yiteauazow (Arkansas), and his people became mighty in cities and agriculture. For four thousand years the Voice of the All Father remained with the regular succession of the heirs of Monag, but their names and their cities’ names’ became so long that no man could speak them or write them. 19. So Gitchee raised up Honga, son of Ab, of the tribe of Oedu, of the land of the Middle Kingdom. And Honga went into the mountains of Ghiee (Rocky or Eagle Mountains), sloping to the East. 20. Gitchee spoke to Honga, saying: You shall take Oebe for your wife; out of your seed will I raise up a greater tribe than all other tribes; and your first-born son shall have your name; and your son’s son shall be called Honga also; and your sons’ son’s son shall be called Honga also, and so on forever. For I Am wearied with the burden of names; your Creator has spoken. 21. Then Honga asked, saying: What if I have no son, but only daughters? Or of my son or my son’s son, they cease to have a son, but only daughters? 22. Then spoke Gitchee, saying: The wife’s first daughter. So it came to pass, in course of time, Honga married and begat heirs; and the Voice of the Great Spirit remained with the tribes of Honga, and it came to pass that he who heard the Voice, who was always the chief prophet for the tribe, was called Honga; but the people themselves were called ong’wee, the same that has endured to this day, and is called (erroneously) Indian. 23 And the generations of Honga were called, first, Honga; second, Honga; third, Honga; and so on. And this was the beginning of the counting time in Guatama (America). Neither knew any man the number of generations before the time of Honga the first. 24 And the land became full of cities, from the East to the West, and from the North to the South, and the people lived in peace, tribe with tribe, the world over. Then came the God of evil, I’tura (Ahura), sowing evil in the temples and on the altars. Yes, with a false tongue and cunning came he, before the prophets, stealing their eyes away, stealing their ears away; holding up his hand, saying: It is the Great Spirit’s hand. 25 And I’tura obsessed the nations and tribes of men to worship him; infatuating them with the stories of far-off countries, and the glory of kings and queens. And he set on foot a war of plunder; brought ten thousand times ten thousand evil spirits to aid and abet mortals in war. 26 And I’tura, the God of evil, taught mortals to flatten the head, to make prophets, and, lo and behold, the land of Guatama became a land of seers and prophets and conjurers, seeking evil for evil sake; consulting the spirits of the dead for war and for earthly glory in blood and death.

1. These, then, were the principal kings of that day: Lanoughl, king of Eboostakgan, a city of tens of thousands, in the valley of Aragaiyistan. Lanoughl was the son of Toogaoogahaha, who was the son of Evilphraiganakukuwonpan, who was the son of Oyoyughstuhaipawehaha, who built the canal (oseowa) of Papaeunugheutowa, which extended from the sea of Hoola’hoola’pan (Lake Superior) to the plains of Aigonquehanelachahoba (Texas), near the sea of Sociapan, where lived Heothahoga, king of kings, whose temple was roofed with copper and silver. Of ten thousand boats was the canal, extending along, carrying copper and silver from the North regions to the cities of the valley of Hapembapanpan, and to the cities of the mountains of Oaramgallachacha, and to Ghiee, home of Honga the first, the mightiest of red men. 2. Next in power to Lanoughl was Tee-see-gam-ba-o-rakaxax, king of the city of Chusanimbapan, in the plains of Erezehoegammas (Central America), with twelve tributary cities extending along the river Akaistaazachahaustomakmak, to the mountains of Nefsaidawowotchachaeengamma. 3. And the third king in power was Chiawassaibakanaizhoo, of the city of Inuistahahahacromeromahoesuthaha, and to him were tributary twenty-seven cities and their kings. 4. Chiawassaibakanalszhoo was the son of Tenehamgameralhuchsukhaistomaipowwassaa, who was son of Thusaiganganenosatamakka, who built the great East canal, the Oseowagallaxacola, in the rich valley of Tiedawwonoghassie, and through the land of Seganoegalyalyucihomaahomhom (Louisiana and Mississippi), where lived the large men and women, the Ongewahapackaka-gan-ganecolabazkoaxax. 5. The fourth great king of Guatama was Hooagalomarakkadanapanwowwow, king of the city of Itussakegollahamganseocolabah, which had seventeen tributary cities of tens of thousands of people. And his kingdom extended from sea to sea in the Middle Kingdom (Panama). Here was the temple of Giloff, with a thousand columns of polished mahogany, and with a dome of copper and silver. And within Giloff lived the Osheowena, the oracle of the Creator, for two thousand years. 6. The fifth great king was Penambatta, king of the city of Liscararzakyatasagangan, on the Hight Heogula Ophat (Tennessee, with thirty tributary cities of tens of thousands of inhabitants. Here was situate the school and college of great learning, the Ahazahohoputan, where were taught tens of thousands of students. Penambatta was learned, and had traveled far, devoting his life to imparting knowledge. He had six thousand attendants, besides six hundred and forty officers. 7. The sixth great king was Hoajab, son of Teutsangtusicgrammooghsapannpan, founder of the kilns of Wooboohakhak. Hoajab’s capital city was Farejonkahomah, with thirty-three tributary cities, of tens of thousands of in habitants, of the plains of He’gow (Southeastern Ohio). 8. The seventh great king was Hiroughskahogamsoghta-bakbak, and his capital city was Hoesughsoosimcholabonganeobanzhohahhah, situate in the plains of Messogowanchoola (Indiana and North Ohio and Pennsylvania), and extending Eastward to the mountains of Gonzhoowassicmachababdohuyapiasondrythoajaj, including the valleys of the river Onepagassathalalanganchoochoo, even to the sea, Poerthawowitcheothunacalclachaxzloschistacombia (Lake Erie). Hiso had forty-seven tributary cities of tens of thousands of inhabitants. 9. Between the great kings and their great capitals were a thousand canals, crossing the country in every way, from East to West and from North to South, so that the seas of the North were connected with the seas of the South. In kanoos the people traveled and carried the productions of the land in every way. Beside the canals mentioned, there were seven other great canals, named after the kings who built them, and they extended across the plains in many directions, but chiefly East and West. 10. These were: Oosgaloomaigovolbanazhooegollopan, and Halagazhapanpangoochoo, and Filloistagovonchobiassoso, and Anetiabolalachooesanggomacoaloabonbakkak, and Ehabadangon-zhooeportalicha-boggasa-megitcheepapa, and Onepapollagassay-amganshuniatedoegonachoogangitiavatoosomchooibalgadgad, and Hachooaolagobwotchachabakarasexganhammazhooelapanpan. 11. In those days the kings and learned men put their hearts to work building canals and finding places and roadways for them, and herein held the great glory and honor of men at that time. 12. And God (Gitchee) perceiving the virtue and wisdom of men, sent His angels to teach man the mystery of can-making; to teach man to compound clay with lime and sand, to hold water; to teach man to find the gau, the level, and the force of water. The angels also taught man to make pots and kettles; to burn the clay in suitable shapes; to find copper ore and silver ore, and gold, and lead for the floors of the oracle chambers, clean and white shining, suitable for angels. 13. And they taught man how to soften copper like dough; how to harden copper like flint rock; for axes and mattocks for building canals; taught man how to work the ore in the fire and melt it; and how to make lead into sheets, like cloth. 14. Taught man how to till the soil and grow wheat and corn; taught the women how to grind it and make bread. Taught the hunters how to slay the lion and the tiger and the mastodon, the HOGAWATHA, the ROOTING ANIMAL OF WISDOM. 15. Besides all these inhabited regions there lay another country to the far west, fifty days’ journey, the land of Goeshallobok (Utah), a place of sand and salt, and hot, boiling waters. And this region was a twenty days’ journey broad, East and West, and fifty days’ journey broad, North and South. 16. In the High North lay the kingdom of Olegalla, the land of giants, the place of yellow rocks and high spouting waters. Olegalla, it was who gave away his kingdom, the great city of Powafuchawowitchahavagganeabba (Yellowstone Valley); gave his kingdom to his queen Minneganewashaka, with the yellow hair, long, hanging down. And the queen built temples, two hundred and seventy-two adjacent to the spouting waters, where her people went every morning at sunrise, singing praise to Gitchee, Monihtee, the Creator. 17. South of Olegalla lay the kingdom of Onewagga, around about the sea of Chusamangaobe-hassahgana-wowitchee (the Salt Lake), in the valley of Mauegobah, which is to say, CONSECRATED PLACE OF THE VOICE, a kingdom of forty cities. Here reigned for twenty generations the line of kings called Wineohgushagusha, most holy and wise, full of manliness and strong limbed. On the Eastward of the lake lay the Woohootaughnee, the ground of games and tournaments, where came tens of thousands every autumn to exhibit their strength, carrying horses and oxen, and running and leaping, running races with the trained aegamma (deer). And to the strongest and the swiftest, the king gave prizes of handsome damsels, with straight limbs and shapely necks, proud, who loved to be awarded handsome, mighty husbands. 18. Next South lay the kingdom of Himallawowoaganapapa, rich in legends of the people who lived here before the flood (submersion of Whaga [Pan]); a kingdom of seventy cities and six great canals coursing East and West, and North and South, from the Ghiee Mountain, in the East, to the West Mountain, the Yublahaheolaesavagannawakka, the place of the king of bears, the Eeughohabakax (grizzly). And to the South, to the Middle Kingdom, on the deserts of Geobiathaganeganewohwoh, where the rivers empty not into the sea, but sink in the sand, the Sonagallakaxax, creating prickly Thuazhoogallakhoomma, shaped like a pear.

1. I’tura, God of evil, dweller in hell, looked over the broad earth; saw the land of Guatama, the mighty races of I’huans. And his mouth watered, like a lion’s when a lamb stands before him. I’tura called his legions, tens of thousands of drujas, devils from the regions of hell: Come, he said, I have found a rich feeding place. Behold, I will make my kingdoms wider; spread out the walls of hell and gather in this great harvest of innocent souls. 2. Then came I’tura’s hosts of evil, ten times tens of thousands, for such is the nature of spirits and men; call for ten thousand to do a righteous work, and only a hundred come; call for ten thousand to do an unholy work, and behold, ten times ten thousand come. They said to I’thura: 3. How shall we do? Where do we strike in? And I’tura, wise in wickedness, said: Go to the temples, and places of shining copper and silver, to the oracles, and obsess them, every one. And when the kings and learned ones come to consult Gitchee, my deadly enemy, assume to be Him, and answer them with lies and all manner of unprofitable speculation; turn them upside down; make them curse Gitchee; make them ask for I’tura. And when madness comes on them, follow them to their sleeping couches and whisper in their souls that their neighbors are their deadly enemies. Incite them to war and to all manner of deeds of death; and when they overturn each other’s kingdoms and houses, and their dead lie like ashes over all the land, gather in their distracted spirits to fill my mighty kingdom with Gitchee’s harvest! 4. Then answered the hosts of I’tura (who was known in heaven as Ahura): Most mighty God, what are your prizes, for the souls of men, for souls to extend your heavenly kingdom? 5. I’hura answered, saying: According to the number of subjects any angel brings me, so will I exalt him to be a captain, or a general, or a Lord, or a God, and he shall have a sub-kingdom in my heavenly regions, with thousands of servants to do his bidding. 6. With that the evil God and his evil spirits fell to work, night and day; and lo and behold, the fair land of Guatama was overspread with human blood. Was spread along throughout all the mighty kingdoms; kingdom against kingdom; city against city; man against man. 7. And the holy temples were pulled down or burnt; and the canals broken and wasted; the cities on fire, and the fields laid desolate. Neither grew there any grain; the grinding mills of the women were silent, like the dead stretched over all the fields. 8. Into the forest, afar off, fled the women with the children, hungry, weeping, starving. And the cities went down; the nations went down; the tribes of men were broken up; only remnants here and there remained. And where had been great and mighty peoples, lay only heaps of ruins, past the power of man to rebuild. 9. Then looked down from the highest heaven, the Creator, the Great Spirit; saw the work of desolation; saw I’tura at his bloody work. 10. And the Creator cried out with a loud voice, so that the earth and heaven shook with the power of His Voice; sifted all things, as a woman sifts meal. And He found one grain of corn not ground by the God of evil, found Honga! The tribes so fast sworn to the Great Spirit that the evil Gods’ and evil spirits’ words rolled off and took no hold on them. 11. The Great Spirit saw the tribes of Honga, they that stuck most to the I’hins, the sacred little people, white and yellow, often marrying with them, thus preserving the stock of the Hand and Voice. And He called loud and long: 12. Honga! Honga! Honga! The Creator would not be put off with silence; called again: Honga! Honga! Honga! But He heard only His Own Voice resounding far: knew His Mighty Power! Again, He called: Honga! Honga! Honga! 13. In the first call, I’tura and his evil hosts ran away. In His second call, it was like spring-time, after heavy winter. And in the third call, it was like budding summer. And then came up a sprout of the seed of Honga, an I’huan; taller than any other man, with a bright shining face like copper; shining as if all the destroyed temples glistened in his broad head. 14. And he spoke, saying: Here, O Great Spirit, here I am! And the Great Spirit said: Who are you, My Son? And he answered: I am Son of the Creator. Then asked the Creator: Of what tribe? And he answered: My flesh is nothing; my genealogy is of the spirit. Of the I’hin my mother; of the I’huan my father. 15. Then said the Creator: For which reason, I name you Eawahtah, spirit and flesh evenly balanced, best of men. Come with Me; walk along with Me; you shall re-instate the tribes of men; deliver them out of darkness; make them worshipful. 16. Eawahtah said: I am Your servant, O Great Spirit. What shall I call You, that the tribes of men be no longer distrustful? Then answered the Creator: Call Me after the wind, O Eawahtah! 17. Eawahtah said: How after the wind? The Great Spirit said: Come with Me My Son. Then Eawahtah walked along and came to a place where the wind blew in the leaves. 18. The Creator said: Tell Me, My Son, what does the wind in the leaves say? And Eawahtah answered, saying: E! And then the Creator took Eawahtah to the big sea water, and asked: What does the wind say in the water, My Son? 19. And Eawahtah answered: Go! Then the Creator took Eawahtah to the high crags, the rocks above the clouds, piercing, where the wind whistled; and He said: What does the wind say, My Son? And Eawahtah answered: Quim! 20. And the Great Spirit said: Call Me E-go-quim, O My Son. I AM three in One; the earth and all that is in the earth and on the earth, and all the stars and moon and sun; they are one of My Members. And the air above the earth, the Atontea, is another member of My Person. And higher yet; in the high place above the air, is the ether; the great penetrator; and that is the third member of My Person. I AM everywhere, far and near; all things your eye sees; all things your ear hears are of Me, and in Me. 21. Whatsoever is one with Me has no hard labor. Behold the flowers of the field; I color them. Behold the ant and the honeybee; I lead them; the bird I teach how to build. 22. Man alone is stubborn, setting up ways of his own. O that he could learn to be one with Me! To move and labor with Me! Then spoke Eawahtah, saying: Holy Egoquim! I will go and teach man, give him Your Words; make him understand. 23. Egoquim said: For that labor I called you forth, made you tall and handsome, with strong limbs, and broad shoulders. Come, then, My Son, I will go with you; into all the lands; among all the scattered tribes; your voice shall be MY Voice. Near you I will stand, when you open your mouth to speak, fear not, I will give you words; you shall not err. 24. Eawahtah inquired: What shall I say; how shall I teach the sons and daughters of men; give me a synopsis? 25. Egoquim answered Eawahtah, saying:

1. One Great Spirit, even Egoquim, Creator and Ruler over all in heaven and earth. 2. Him shall you have and no other God, nor Lord, nor idol, nor man, nor angel, to worship, forever! 3. Him shall you love above all things in heaven above or on the earth, on in the waters of the earth! 4. And you shall teach Him to your children, and command them to teach Him to their children, and so on forever! 5. And you shall swear against all other Gods, and Lords, and idols, to serve them not forever! And the same to your children, and to their children after them, forever! 6. And this is the first Egoquim law. 7. And you shall deal unto all men, and women, and children, as justly and as kindly as to your own mother, out of whose breast you were fed when you were helpless and of no strength. 8. Teaching this to your children, and to their children after them, forever. 9. And this is the second Egoquim law. 10. And to the sick and helpless; to the stranger and the man that comes afar; to the widow who is destitute; to the child that has no father; you shall be both father and mother to them; and take them into your house and feed them; and give them skins and cloth to wear; and if they be lost you shall go with them and show them the way. 11. Commanding these things unto your children, and to their children after them, forever! 12. And this is the third Egoquim law. 13. And you shall not tell lies; nor speak falsely against any man, nor woman, nor child; nor break your word of promise, even though death comes upon you to induce you otherwise. Unchangeable as the setting and rising sun shall be the word of your mouth! 14. And you shall command this to your children, and to their children after them, forever! 15. And this is the fourth Egoquim law. 16. And you shall not take and possess that which is another’s; nor allow your children to do so, nor their children after them, forever. 17. Which is the fifth Egoquim law. 18. And you shall respect the times of women; and when she is bearing unto you, you shall not lie with her; nor give her heavy labor, nor angry words, nor fret her; but be obedient to her, doing whatsoever she asks you to do, for it is her time, and she is your queen. 19. Teaching this to your young men and to your young women, and to theirs that come after them, forever; for their young are begotten of Me, and I will have them shapely, and strong, and brave! 20. Which is the sixth Egoquim law. 21. You shall labor six days, but on the seventh day it is the moon’s day, and you shall not labor, nor hunt, nor fish, but go to the altar of your Creator and dance and sing before Me; and sit in silence to hear My Words, which I speak into the souls of men, and of women and children. 22. Teaching this to your children, and to their children that come after them, forever. 23. Which is the seventh Egoquim law. 24. You shall restore the rites and ceremonies of Choe-pan and Annubia-pan but the part I swear you which you shall not restore; which is: You shall not flatten the head to make a seer, a Haonga, to drive the judgment of the brain away to the prophetic regions. 26. Which is the eighth Egoquim law. 27. Then rose up Eawahtah, Son of Egoquim, saying: I am Your servant! Lead me, for I am going in Your Name, even to the end of the world! 28. When thus spoke Eawahtah, Son of the Great Spirit, a Light came over him, dazzling, brilliant, lighting the way, showing him the way. 29. And so great was the spirit of Eawahtah, that when he came to a river, he rose up like an angel, sailed over and landed safely on the other side. 30. Neither did he know where he was going; nor the places of the scattered, destroyed peoples. 31 And the angels of Egoquim went before him; went into the forests and valleys, calling to the souls of the suffering, starving, dying, saying to them in their despair: 32. Egoquim, the Mighty is coming! His Son! Behold him! He holds the keys of Yaton’te, the heavenly hunting ground. Come forth from your hiding! Come forth, O my beloved! It is your Heavenly Father calling. 33. And the women heard! The little children, with sore, bleeding feet! The proud, brave men gave ear! They said: Why do we fight? Why do we destroy? It was a wiched God! He called himself the Savior, the wicked monster, I’tura! 34 Then came Eawahtah; came first to the kingdom of Took-shein, and his queen, Cheguh, in the land, Anagoomahaha, the flat-heads. Told them all the words of the Great Spirit, Egoquim. 35. Then spoke Took-shein, saying: To me the Great Spirit has spoken; told me all the words you have. I know all you have said is true. Then spoke Che-guh, saying: To me Gitchee, the Great Spirit, spoke also. True are all your words, O Eawahtah. By you will all the scattered tribes be gathered together. 36. Then spoke Eawahtah, saying to his good host and hostess: Your place shall be the center; from your place I will shoot out around about, always bringing in followers. 37. And while they talked, a light appeared above them. Look, said Took-shein: It is the Hand of Egoquim! Look, said Che-guh: It is the Voice of Gitchee! Then Eawahtah, seeing more clearly, spoke, saying: It is a ship of fire coming down from heaven! I hear the voice of an angel of Egoquim, the Mighty! 38. Then Eawahtah went and stood between Took-shein and Che-guh, holding their hands, so the Voice of Egoquim could speak plainly; so he could hear. 39. Then spoke Egoquim from the ship of fire. 40. Yes, My beloved! I AM with you! Behold, My worlds are wide and many. When My back is turned, evil Gods come to steal My children; tell them lies to win them; tell them they are My Sons come to save them! 41 Hard is the fate of those that worship one God only; but they are Mine. I look around at times; I set the evil Gods flying. Be of strong heart, O My beloved! Many races will come and go on these lands. But the red man shall possess it; inhabit it far and near. Then shall come another evil God, to flay and destroy My sons and daughters, to cover all the lands over with pure blood. Then will I come again and rout the evil God, raise up My sons and daughters, full of glory. 42. From far over the water will I bring their kindred, who worship none born of woman; a wise speaking people. A people that war not; who kill not off weaker nations. I will come in the Mohawk (Tenonachi), and the Mohegan (Hoochiquis); My Hand shall reach around the earth in that day. I will chase away all Gods and Saviors born of woman. Only the Great Spirit shall all men worship. 43. Go forth, My son; build wide My foundation, in this land will I found My earthly kingdom. 44. Then upward rose the ship of heaven, and Eawahtah buckled on his traveling slippers; bade good-bye to Took-shein; filled his pockets with the bread of Che-guh; kissed her hand good-bye and started. 45. For many years Eawahtah traveled, over all the regions of Guatama; teaching, gathering together, swearing the people ever after to solemn oaths that never more would they listen to any God except the Creator; made them swear they would never be caught by another cunning Savior, like I’tura, whose people delight in war. 46. Into villages gathered Eawahtah the frightened tribes, and taught them writing and engraving; taught them the secret Name of the Great Spirit, Egoquim; and explained to them the moon, how to keep the seventh day for worship. 47. The Great Spirit saw the work of Eawahtah; saw the people gathered together in tens of thousands of places. Then the Great Spirit spoke to Eawahtah, saying: 48. Forty mighty nations shall you found, O My son; and every nation shall be an independent nation; and all the nations shall be united in a brotherhood of nations, as ONE mighty people, and that ONE shall be called O-pah-E-go-quim, signifying ONE in the Great Spirit. Build a model for them, O Eawahtah. For, when they shall come and over throw your people in the earth, the angels of your holy ones shall return and purge them of their Savior, and make them clean in My Sight. 49. Then Eawahtah made the nations; united them into one mighty people, and called the nations of OpahEgoquim. And, they planted the country over with cornfields, and lived it peace.

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