218 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Then all those whom he had named got into the boat. Then Hah- 
yonh-wa-tha said, You will take as a sign that if we can get across the 
lake in safety and the lake remains calm all the way across that our 
message of Peace will be accepted. 
They then embarked on the lake and the boat was rapidly propelled, 
and as they looked at the lake they saw that it was calm all the way 
across and they arrived at the shore in safety, and when they had 
arrived where the man was sitting Hah-yonh-wa-tha said, Now every- 
thing is completed, we are now all assembled here. | 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, We shall now first give thanks to 
the Great Spirit, we will do this because our power is now completed. 
He then said, It shall be that each Nation shall now have a voice in the 
thanksgiving and I shall therefore be the first to lead and he said, Yo-— 
hen. 
Then Oh-dah-tshe-deh also repeated, Yo—hen, and after him 
followed Deh-ka-eh-yonh who also repeated Yo——hen, and next in 
order was Ska-nya-dah-ri-yoh who also repeated Yo——hen, and after 
him Hah-yonh-wa-tha repeated Yo——hen. And it came to pass that. 
when De-ka-nah-wi-deh started to address this man that the man 
became troubled and after all the Lords got through addressing the man 
he was affected and shed tears. Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, We the 
delegates of all the Nations who have accepted the good tidings of 
Peace and Power are now all assembled here, the course therefore that 
we shall now adopt is that the representatives of each Nation shall now 
give utterance to their opinion upon this matter. 
Then Oh-dah-tshe-deh was the first to address the assembly and 
said, I shall be the first to give utterance to my opinion upon this 
matter. He then said, In my opinion this man may approve of our 
mission if we all lay our heads before him, (this means that the Nations 
here represented would be submissive to this man Tha-do-dah-ho.) 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh and Ska-nya-dah-ri-yoh spoke and said, 
We acquiesce in all that Oh-dah-tshe-deh has said. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said to Tha-do-dah-ho, Now you will 
answer and say if you are satisfied with the submission of these Lords, 
who have now laid their heads before you. But even then Tha-do-dah-ho 
did not answer. Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, You Dyon-yonh-koh 
will now give utterance and express your opinion on this matter, as you 
now have the power. Then Dyon-yonh-koh spoke and said to Tha- 
do-dah-ho, The Creator, the Great Spirit, created this day, which is 
now shedding its light and He also created man, and He also created 
the earth and the fulness thereof, now you will therefore look and see 
the delegates of the Four Nations sitting all around you, and you will 
also see the Chief Warrior and this woman, our mother (Ji-kon-sah-seh) 
