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pose, aud also that they must agree to continue on the journey for- 

 ward no matter what the nature of forbidding obstacles in the way 

 might be; and that his own brother, Gae°'hyakdon'dye' (i. e., Along- 

 the-Edge-of-the-Sky, or The Horizon), had already volunteered to 

 accompany him, and that in the capacity of war chiefs, they two 

 would lead the party, should such a war party be formed to go. 



In response to this appeal 28 young virile men besides the two 

 brothers volunteered to be members of the war party of the two 

 ambitious adventurers. 



Having set a date for starting and a rendezvous for the assembling 

 of the troop, De'hae'"hyo'we°'s earnestly urged all the volunteers 

 to be ready to depart at the designated time. 



The time for departure having arrived, De'hae°'hyo'we°'s, by 

 messenger, notified all the volunteers that the time had come for 

 starting. Eagerly did the volunteers present themselves at the 

 rendezvous and having completed all other preparations they set out, 

 directing their course toward the Place of Sunset. 



The minds of the two leaders were fixed on the place where the 

 Sun habitually sinks from view, so thither did they wend then- way. 



As these warriors traveled on they finally reached a place in which 

 they found the habitations of a people whom they did not know, 

 but these unoffending persons they ruthlessly killed and scalped. 

 After this bloody exploit they journeyed westward. 



Having gone a short distance farther they suddenly came upon 

 the village of another people. At the dawn of day they attacked 

 these people, slaying all the males who did not escape in the dark- 

 ness, and having scalped the slain they passed on, following the 

 course of the Sun. 



Having gone a day's journey farther they came to the dwelling 

 place of a third people. At night these people also were attacked, 

 killed and scalped; all the males who did not escape them in the dark- 

 ness were massacred. In the morning the war party passed on. 

 These bloody exploits were repeated wherever they found a village 

 of people dwelling on the line of their march. This bloody work 

 continued for many moons. 



It is said that after pursuing this course of conduct during a long 

 period of time the packs of scalps which they carried on their backs 

 grew so heavy as to hamper their movements. In their several 

 encounters a number of the band had been killed on their way. So 

 there came a time when many of those who remained alive complained 

 that the weight of the packs of scalps was becoming too great to be 

 borne. 



These said, "It seems advisable now that we should store our packs 

 of scalps here in some secret place for safe-keeping until our return." 

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