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from whence I was returning when I met you. Then he said, Where did 
you come from? 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, I came from the West and am going 
Eastward and then the man said, Who are you that is thus speaking 
to me? Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, It is I who is called De-ka-nah- 
wi-deh in this world, and then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, Where have you 
come from? The man then said, There is a settlement to which I 
belong but I left that settlement a long time ago. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You will now go back, for Peace 
and Friendship have now come to you and your settlement, and 
also you have now repented of the course of wrong doing which you 
used to pursue in times past. It shall now also occur that when you 
return to your settlement that you shall promote Peace and Friendship 
for it is a fact that Peace is now ruling in your settlement and I want 
you to arrange and settle all matters. I shall arrive there early to- 
morrow morning. I shall visit the West, first I shall visit there the 
house of the woman, Ji-kon-sah-seh. The reason why I shall do this 
(go and visit this woman first) is because the path passes there which 
runs from the East to the West. Then after saying these words De-ka- 
nah-wi-deh went on his way and arrived at the house of Ji-kon-sah-seh 
and said to her, that he had come on this path which passed her home 
and which led from the East to the West, and on which travelled the 
men of blood-thirsty and destructive nature. 
Then he said unto her, It is your custom to feed these men when 
they are travelling on this path on their war expeditions. 
He then told her that she must desist from practising this custom. 
He then told her that the reason she was to stop this custom was that 
the Ki-rih-wi-yoh or good tidings of Peace had come. He then said, 
I shall therefore now change your disposition and practice. I now 
charge you that you shall be the custodian of the good tidings of Peace 
and Power, so that the human race may live in Peace in the future. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You shall therefore now go East 
where I shall meet you at the place of danger, where all matters shall 
be finally settled, and you must not fail to be there on the third day. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, I shall now pass on in my journey. 
Then he passed on and went to another settlement (or Village) and 
when he arrived at the settlement, he enquired who was their Ro-ya-ner 
(Lord or ruler or head Chief) and after he ascertained his abode he went 
to his home and found him and when they met, De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, 
Have you heard that the good tidings of Peace and Power is coming? 
The Lord or head Chief then said, I have heard of it. 
Then he (De-ka-nah-wi-deh) asked him what he thought about it. 
Then the Lord said, Since I have heard of the good news I have been 
