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Thadinongeh, which was within the Cherokee country. They kne^^ 

 well that the Cherokee were on the lookout for them. Having 

 reached this place, Hatcinondon told his men to remain where they 

 were, and that he would go ahead to spy out the land and to learn what 

 could be done. Then he departed from the camp of his men. Soon 

 it was discovered by the enemy that he was in the Cherokee country, 

 and he was closely pursued by them. He fled into a region covered 

 with a heavy growth of reeds, which was in two great sections, with 

 a narrow strip of comparatively clear land between them. Hat- 

 cinondon managed to escape into one of these stretches, unobserved by 

 the enemy, who believed that he had concealed himself in tlie other 

 part. So they set guards at the narrow strip of land dividing the 

 two sections of reedy land. After they had set fii'e to the reeds and 

 burned them up they made a careful search for his charred body; 

 but Hatcinondon had fallen asleep from exhaustion in the other 

 stretch of reeds. During the night, however, two men came to him, 

 who seized him by the arms, saying : " We have come for you." When 

 they had brought him to the place whence they had been sent, they 

 said to him : " We have now brought you to this man who sent for 

 you." Whereupon the two men pointed out a lodge, with the words: 

 " There is where the Heron lives who sent for you." Hatcinondon 

 went up to the lodge, but could find no doorway; but after he had 

 seai'ched for some time without success he heard a voice on the inside 

 say, "Come in I" and a door opened of itself, and Hatcinondon en- 

 tered the lodge. Within he found a man, who said : " I sent tor you, 

 and you have now come. Are you not hungry?" At this Hatci- 

 nondon thought : " This is a strange way ; this is not the way I do. 

 I would give the food at once." But \e Hononhsot. knowing the 

 thought of Hatcinondon, laughing,, remarked : " I said that only in 

 fun." Arising, he got half a loaf of bread made of corn meal, half a 

 wild apple, and half a pigeon, which he offered to his guest. Hatci- 

 nondon said, laughing: "How little it is that will satisfy me." To 

 which Xe Hononhsot answered : " If you eat this I shall give you 

 more." As soon as Hatcinondon began to eat he saw that as he ate 

 everything became whole again, so that he was not able entirely to 

 consume anything. He was finally satisfied with what he had eaten. 

 Then Xe Hononhsot said : " Now that you have finished eating 

 I will speak with you further." 



While Hatcinondon was speaking he heard footsteps of someone 

 approaching on a run, and suddenly the door was thrust open, where- 

 upon the Sun came in so quickly and with such brightness that he 

 had to hold his head down to shield his eyes. The newcomer con- 

 versed with Ne Hononhsot but Hatcinondon could not understand a 

 word that was said. In a short time the visitor started off toward 

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