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thiclcness of his body behind as they reached the post, asked him 

 whether he had done his best. He replied, " No ; I have not." Now 

 they bet and the second, the real race, began. At the middle of the 

 course the Seneca runner said to the other, " Do your best, for T am 

 going to do mine."' The Seneca left the other far behind, winning 

 the race. Now the Seoqgwageonon said, "There is A'et one race, the 

 long race, which we shall try." The Cherokee said, " We have won 

 everything from these people. I believe it will be best to let them 

 win one game. If they lose all, they may make trouble." So they 

 selected a Cherokee to run, who was beaten, whereupon the Seoq- 

 gwageonon went home. 



In two days another man came to say in behalf of the Seoqgwageonon 

 that he had come to challenge them a second time, and that they were 

 to meet halfway and have a fight. The Cherokee said to the Seneca 

 who were with them : " You are so few in number here with us that 

 we do not want to have you killed, so we think you would better 

 go home." When the time came, the Cherokee met and fought with 

 the Seoqgwageonon and were beaten. Three years later the Seneca 

 went to visit the Cherokee. On this occasion they heard all about 

 the fight, and the Cherokee told them that the Seoqgwageonon had 

 said, "We should like to fight with the Seneca, for I am a double 

 man; I have two virile members." So the Seneca held a council and 

 decided to fight them, saying, " We shall try and see whether he has 

 two virile members." The Cherokee volunteered to guide the Seneca. 

 They traveled many days until they came to a place where the Cher- 

 okee said, '■ This is as far as the Seocjgwageonon usually come to 

 hunt." They came to a path, and finding a footprint, they waited 

 there for tlie man who had made it. Soon they saw a man carry- 

 ing meat on his back. " We must take that nian," said the Seneca, 

 " but let us be careful lest he hurt us." When he came near they 

 ran at him. As soon as he saw them, he whooped and dropped the 

 meat. Then he drew his bow and arrow to shoot, but before he 

 could select his arrow, he was taken captive. They caused him to 

 stand in the middle of the assembly, saying, " Let us see whether he 

 has two virile members." When they saw he had only one, they said, 

 •'Now we want your people to stop saying they have two virile 

 membei's." Tiiereupon the Seneca went back to the Cherokee village. 



Soon a runner came from the Seocjgwageonon, who told the Chero- 

 kee that they wanted to have war with the Seneca and that he 

 had come to challenge them. The Seneca answered, "We will try to 

 gratify them;" so they started for the Seoqgwageonon village, guided 

 by the Cherokee. They came to an opening, from which it was one 

 day's journey to the first village. Stopping at a hill in this open- 

 ing, they wei-e about to send two messengers to the Seoqgwageonon 

 when the Cherokee said, " You must send them so as to arrive at 



