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you; meaning that he Oh-dah-tshe-deh would be lying in wait for them 
and when they would come to the log (which means his settlement) he 
would accompany them. Then Oh-dah-tshe-deh further said that he 
would agree to appoint two delegates to go and look for smoke (smoke 
means settlements). 
Then Oh-dah-tshe-deh said, It is now left with you Warriors as to 
which of you may volunteer to go. Then the Chief Warrior said, I shall 
be one of those who volunteer to go. Then Oh-dah-tshe-deh said, 
There is one more required to go, who will therefore volunteer? Fora 
long time no one gave answer. Then Oh-dah-tshe-deh asked the question 
again, and still again no one answered. Then Oh-dah-sthe-deh 
said, I shall ask the question once again for the last iime, and if any 
one desires to volunteer, let him speak at once; and from the outside 
of the meeting a man spoke out and said that he would be one of the 
volunteers. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, Go and call that man who is speaking 
from the outside. Then the man was called in, and he was asked 
to stand by the Chief Warrior in the meeting. Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh 
said to the Chief Warrior, You are the first to accede to tue request 
of the Lord to volunteer, therefore your place shall be that whenever 
the Lord has any duties to give you you shall perform them. Then 
De-ka-nah-wideh said to the Warrior who was the second to volunteer, 
You came from the outside of the meeting, you shall therefore in 
future be an assistant to the Chief Warrior in his duties, and whenever 
the Chief Warrior assigns his duties to you you shall perform his duties 
and carry out his instructions. Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, It is now 
completed, you have been assigned your duties. You will now go and 
search for the smoke and wherever you see smoke you shall go there 
and when you arrive there you will see the Lord of the settlement; 
then you shall tell him your message, you will say, We were sent here 
by the Lords (Ro-de-ya-ner-sonh) who will take you by the hand and 
invite you to the place of meeting. You will say to the Lord, You will 
send delegates, and on their way to the conference they will pass 
where the Lord lives at the big mountain and they shall invite him to 
accompany them. Then, if the Lord asks you the place of meeting, 
you shall say, By the lake where the Great wizard lives who calls out 
in the loud-toned voice. They then separated, the Chief Warrior and 
his assistant going on their mission, and De-ka-nah-wi-deh and Hah- 
yon-wa-tha going to their respective settlements. And when Hah- 
yonh-wa-tha had arrived home he said, Everything is now completed 
and we shall (all colleagues) now all go to the conference. You shall 
therefore now all get ready. 
