GAA NAH 8. L. M.
O gwe nyoo′ gā̆h′, a ga deā̆h′seek
Heh syah daa deh, lis′ ne Je sus;
Tā̆h′ā̆h; tā̆h ā̆h deh o gwe nyooh′,
Neh huh′ noo′wak ni gooh′da aak.
Iis, sā̆h ā̆h, ji sa′yah daa gwā̆h′,
Na gat hwa is hā̆h; aa′gā̆ noh,
Gih shā̆h′, deh sa′yah da geh hā̆h,
A yò dā̆s′theh oh, naeh, ne neh.
Deh oi′wa yā̆s doh na′ga deā̆h,
Iis ne gā̆h sa dyā̆ nohk′dah oh
He yoan jadeh, kuh, he goh heh;
Iis, kuh, des gā̆h′nya doh dyòt gont.
Deī oi wah′gĕh na ga deā̆h seek;
Tā̆h ā̆h, waeh, Nais, heh sa deā̆h oh,
Oi wa neā̆′gwat ni ya′wah oh,
Sgie′yah seeh heh, de ga yah sont.
Da gyah′da geh′hā̆ aak′, dih′ sho,
Ne′ dyòt gont neh ā̆ ges′ nyet haak′,
He ni sah′sanno′nā̆ ā̆ gwat,
Kuh′ he ni sa da ni daā̆ oh.
The number of Senecas at the last census was 2,449.
The three Reservations which now remain to the Indian in Western New York, are called Tonawanda, Cattaraugus, Alleghany, containing in all about sixty-six thousand acres. No white family is allowed to settle upon these lands, and the law forbids the trusting of an Indian or the selling him intoxicating drinks.
There are at present 14 Schools, 16 Teachers, 480 Scholars, one Boarding School with 50 scholars, 8 Missionaries, 47 Church members. [[302]]