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thinking about it and I have not slept. Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, 
It is now at hand, that which has been the cause of your sleeplessness. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You shall hereafter be called Hah- 
yonh-wa-tha, (Hiawatha). Then the Lord said, To whom am I speak- 
ing? And then De-ka-nah-wi-deh answered and said, I am the man 
who is called on earth by the name of De-ka-nah-wi-deh, and I have 
come from the West and am going East for the purpose of propagating 
Peace, so that the shedding of human blood may cease among you. 
Then the Lord (Hah-yonh-wa-tha) said, Will you wait until I go 
and announce the news to my colleagues. De-ka-nah-wi-deh then said 
that he could wait as he was on this good mission. Then the Lord, 
Hah-yonh-wa-tha, announced to his colleagues and people that they 
assemble to hear De-ka-nah-wi-deh, and when they were assembled 
Hah-yonh-wa-tha then said to De-ka-nah-wi-deh, Now what news have 
you got for the people? Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said that the good 
tidings of Peace and Power had arrived and that he had come on the 
mission to proclaim the good news of Peace and Power, and that blood- 
shed might cease in the land, as the Great Spirit never intended that 
such should be practised by human beings. 
Then the Lord Hah-yonh-wa-tha said, We have now heard the 
good news of Peace and Power from this man (De-ka-nah-wi-deh). He 
then asked his colleagues and people what answer they should give. 
Then one of the Chief Warriors said, What shall we do with regard to 
the powerful tribes on the East and West of our Village who are always 
hostile to us? 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh answered and said that the hostile nations 
referred to had already accepted the good news of Peace and Power. 
Then the Chief Warrior answered and said, I am still in doubt 
and would propose that this man, (De-ka-nah-wi-deh) climb up a big 
tree by the edge of a high cliff and that then we cut the tree down and 
let it fall over the cliff, and then if he does not die, I shall believe the 
message which he has brought us. Then the Deputy Chief Warrior 
sald, I am of the same opinion, and I approve of the suggestion of the 
Chief Warrior. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, I am ready and willingly accede to 
your request, because the good news of Peace and Power has come 
unto us, I now therefore place myself in your hands. 
Then the Lord, Hah-yonh-wa-tha, said, It is now decided, we will 
now therefore all go to where the tree stands. They then started to go 
there and when they arrived where the tree stood, then the Lord 
(Hah-yonh-wa-tha) said, We have now arrived where the tree stands 
that we have decided upon. Then the Chief Warrior said to De-ka- 
nah-wi-deh, I made this proposal and you will now climb this tree so 
