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pleted. Then the man said, I shall wait until they shall have all arrived 
(that is the full quorum of delegates). Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, 
We must now return, but we must all meet again tomorrow. Then 
De-ka-nah-wi-deh and Hah-yonh-wa-tha went away and returned again 
to the abode of the Lord where he, Hah-yonh-wa-tha, had been lodging 
when De-kan-ah-wi-deh called him out, and when they had arrived 
there the Lord found out that Hah-yonh-wa-tha had returned. Then 
the Lord called him in and told him that the man they had been waiting 
for had returned and said, We are now ready to answer your message. 
Then Hah-yonh-wa-tha said, I am now ready, and I am accompanied 
by my colleague or co-worker. Then the Lord answered and said, You 
will now bring himin: Then Hah-yonh-wa-tha called De-ka-nah-wi-deh 
and he came in. Then the Lord said, The man whom we have been 
waiting for has now returned and he has delivered his message fully 
and according to our understanding, it is the same as your message, we 
now understand, and we now therefore have decided to accept your 
message. Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, We shall now conclude the 
object of this message. He then asked the question: To whom did 
this message of the good tidings of Peace and Power first come? The 
Lord answered and said, It is to the man who was guarding the corn- 
field. Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, Where is that man? You shall 
now therefore bring him here. Then the Lord called him in and when 
he had come, then the Lord said, This is the man who guarded the 
fields of corn so that our children might live on the crops. Then De- 
ka-nah-wi-deh said, I will now ask you, if you are the man who guards 
the cornfields and what is your power when you are so guarding the 
cornfields. Then the man answered and said, I rely on my bow and 
arrows and when I go to the cornfields I take all my arrows with me. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh asked the question, How or in what man- 
ner do you carry your power (meaning bow and arrows). The man then 
answered and said, I place them in a quiver and place it on my back. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You shall now therefore be called Oh-dah- 
tshe-deh (meaning the quiver bearer) as your duty as a guardian of the 
cornfields is now changed because the good news of Peace and Power 
has now come. Your duty hereafter shall now be to see that your 
children shall live in peace. Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh again asked the 
Lord and said, In the past during the long time that this man has been 
guarding the cornfields what did you used to do with reference to that 
part of the crops which was damaged? 
Then the Lord answered and said, I used to send the warrior to 
gather the damaged crops and they brought them to me, and I would 
divide the corn in equal shares amongst the people. 
