"'Now another message.
"'This is what your people do.
"'An old woman punished her children 1 unjustly. The Creator is sad because of such things and bids us tell you that such practices must cease.' So they said.
So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 33:1 Handsome Lake was ever the lover and champion of children. There are many instances in the Gaiwiio relating to the care and rearing of children. The mode of punishment here referred to was one of long usage. Sometimes the mother would fill her mouth with water and blow it into the face of the little offender, repeating until obedience was enforced. Punishment by violence as by whipping or striking was discountenanced. The mother
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