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among us and shall never be extinguished as long as one remains. 

 The Seneca further said to the Shawnees, I have put a belt around 

 you, and have tied up the talk in a bundle, and placed it on your 

 backs ; we will now make a path on which we will pass to the Sioux. 

 The Seneca said further, You shall continue your path until it 

 shall reach the lodge of the Osage. When the talk was brought to 

 the Sioux, they replied, We feel thankful to you and will take your 

 talk; we can see a light through the path you have made for us. 



" When the Shawnee brought the talk to the Osages, they replied, 

 By to-morrow, by the middle of the day, we shall have finished 

 our business. The Osage said further, The Great Spirit has been 

 kind to me ; he has brought something to me, I being fatigued hunt- 

 ing for it. When the Shawnee returned to the lodge of the Osages, 

 they were informed that they were to be killed, and they immediately 

 ly made their escape. 



'' When the Shawnees returned to their homes whence they came, 

 they said they had been near being killed. 



''The Seneca then said to the Shawnees, that the Osages must be 

 mistaken. They sent them back to them again. The Shawnees 

 went again to see the Osages — they told them their business. The 

 Osages remarked, The Great Spirit has been good to us, — 

 to-morrow by the middle of the day he will give us something with- 

 out fatigue. When the Shawnees arrived at the lodge, an old man 

 of the Osages told them that they had better make their escape; 

 that if they did not, by the middle of the following day, they were 

 all to be destroyed, and directed them to the nearest point of the 

 woods. The Shawnees made their escape about midday. They 

 discovered the Osages following them, and threw away their packs, 

 reserving the bag their talk was in, and arrived at their camp safe. 

 When the Shawnees arrived home, they said they had come near being 

 killed, and the Osages refused to receive their talk. The Seneca 

 then said, If the Osages will not take our talk, let them remain as 

 they are; and when the rising generation shall become as one, the 

 Osages shall be like some herb standing alone. The Seneca further 

 said, The Osages shall be like a lone cherry-tree, standing in the 

 prairies, where the birds of all kinds shall light upon it at pleasure. 

 The reason this talk was made about the Osages was, that they prided 

 themselves upon their warriors and manhood, and did not wish to make 

 peace 



"The Seneca further said. We have succeeded in making peace with 



