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of assembly. All ate together, but could not consume the whole 

 amount. 



The next day they ate together again. "We have decided among 

 ourselves," said the Cherokee chief to the Seneca, " to accept this 

 wampum, to be friendly with you, and to bury all the weapons of 

 ■ war so no man may reach them again." In response the Seneca chief 

 said : " I thank you. We are very glad that you have accepted our 

 offer, and now all of us have put our weapons together, and the white 

 wampum shall hang between us, and the belt shall be as long as a 

 man, reaching down to the ground." The Cherokee said to their 

 people : " Now is the time for any of you who wishes to do so to pick 

 out relatives from among the Seneca to be adopted." 



When the notice was given the Cherokee women picked out one 

 man, saying, " You are to be our uncle, our mother's brother." Some 

 other- woman took another for a brother; and finally all were taken 

 except Ganon,^'^" the chief. Then Ganon, being above a Cherokee, 

 said, " No one has a right to take Ganon away, for a young man is here 

 who will claim him as his father." At this, the young man, walking 

 up to Ganon, said, " Father, I am glad to see you. Now, father, we 

 will go home." Speaking thus, he went to his mother's lodge, taking 

 his father with him, and it was found to be he. He took him to the 

 lodge where Ganon spent the first night, and the young man was 

 really his son. When Ganon came to the lodge he recognized the 

 woman. Everyone was pleased with the place and relationship. 



A good many days later a man came to the village from the East — 

 the Great Salt Water. He came from the Seoqgwageonon '■"'■'' tribe to 

 challenge them to a ball play, and he told how many days it would 

 be before his people woiUd come. They came at the time appointed. 

 The head man was dressed in skins which wei'e so long that they 

 touched the ground. Next day the Seoqgwageonon began to iiet with 

 the Cherokee. The Seneca were there. The bet was two very heavy, 

 costly skins, and other valuables. The Seneca and the Cherokee said, 

 " We can not say that we shall win this game, but we are willing to 

 play." The play began. The Cherokee lost the game. Then the 

 Seneca said, " We shall try this time," and they bet again heavily. 

 All were ready. They put their netted clubs to the ground. After a 

 little swift running, the Seneca brought the ball to their goal, making 

 a point. After the game had continued a while, having made all the 

 points agreed on, ihey won the game. They now doubled the bet, 

 and again the Seneca won. They won the third game also. Now the 

 Seoqgwageonon said, " We will try the race with V'ou." 



The ground was quite level, and the opening was very broad. The 

 Cherokee chose a Seneca runner. They were to run the first time 

 without betting, and to bet on the second running. The men ran to 

 the post, and his people, seeing that the Seneca runner was just the 



