Code of Handsome Lake: Recitation of the Second Day: Section 23 SECTION 23 "'Now another message. "'The Creator is sad because of the sins of the beings that he created. "'He ordained that mankind should live as social beings in communities. "'Now the Creator has ordained another way. He has ordained that human creatures should be kind one to the other and help each other. When a woman visits another house she must help at the work in progress and talk pleasantly. If she relates jokes they must always be upon herself. If she speaks harshly of others the woman of the house must say, "I remember the desires of our Creator. I can not hear what you say. I can not take that evil story." So the trouble is ended there. Now the Creator says that the woman is true who refuses to hear evil reports. She cuts off the evil at its beginning and it does not go from her. So she has won favor before the Creator.'" So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk.
