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      The Opinion of Esau Haujo, Great Medal Chief of Took,au,bat,che and Speaker for the Nation, scratched out in the National Council, on there Ceremonies, given in answer to some scratched out queries put to him. 
      1st. What is the origin of the New Fire & of the Boosketau?
       Answer __ I have been taught from my infancy that there is an E,sau,ge,tuh Emissee (master of breath) who gave these customs to the Indians as necessary to them & suited to them; and that to follow them entitles the red people to his care & protection in war & difficulties. It is our opinion the origin of the Boosketau and our physics, proceed from the goodness of the Esau getuh Emissee; that he communicated them in old times to the red people, & impressed it on them to follow & adhere to them, and they would be of service to them.
     2d. Do the Red People believe in a future existence?
     Answer. __ The old notion among us is that when we die, the spirit (po,yau,fic,chau) goes the way the sun goes to the west, and there joins its family & friends who went before it. 
     3d.  Do the red people believe in a future state of reward & punishment?
     Answer.  We have an opinion that those who have behaved well