Condoling

Condoling with orphans in a dream, means that the unhappy cares of others will touch your sympathies and cause you to sacrifice much personal enjoyment.

What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901

_ "Where the fire is made and the smoke is rising," i.e., _ when you receive notice that a Condoling Council is to be held in a certain place.

The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856

Condoling (or Mourning) Council, held the highest rank.

The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856

The national hymn of the confederacy, sung whenever their "Condoling Council" meets, commences with a verse referring to their league, which is literally rendered, "We come to greet and thank the PEACE" (_kayánerenh_).

The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856

The name usually given to the Book of Rites, or rather to its contents, is, in the Canienga dialect, _Okayondonghsera Yondennase_ (or in the French missionary orthography, _Okaiontonhstra Iontennase_), which may be rendered "Ancient Rites of the Condoling Council."

The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856

Clark's "Onondaga" -- a list of the original councillors in the Onondaga dialect, and also a copy, in the same dialect, of the "Condoling Song," which I had heard sung on the Canadian Reserve, and which I afterwards found in the Canienga Book of Rites.

The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856

To this simple ceremony -- supplemented, in the case of a high chief, by the rites of the "Condoling Council," -- the preposterous funeral usages, which pervaded the lives and wasted the wealth of the other nations of this stock, were reduced, by the wisdom of the Iroquois legislators.

The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856

He states that the original book contained, besides the ceremonies of the Condoling Council, an addition by a later hand, comprising some account of the more recent history of the Six

The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856

Condoling with the mourners for the dead, and sympathizing with the severely wounded, I congratulate you that the number of both is comparatively so small.

The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863 Abraham Lincoln 1837

Condoling with the mourners for the dead, and sympathizing with the severely wounded, I congratulate you that the number of both is comparatively so small.

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