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the east. Then Ne Hononhsot said to Hatcinondon : " This man is 

 the one whom you Seneca call Endekha Gaahgwa.^°° It is night now 

 down on the earth, so he is hurrying toward the east. He told me of 

 a great battle that is now ended." 



Ne Hononhsot was indeed Hawenniyo, and he said : " This is what 

 I expected when I created human beings. I thought they would 

 fight. The man who has just been here is the one who watches on 

 the earth below. I want you to know that when you meet an enemy 

 who shoots at you, you must not run away but must walk straight up 

 to him. He shall not hurt you. An arrow shall not kill you. It is 

 something else that shall kill you. Now you shall eat again." Ne 

 Hononhsot next gave him the same kind of food, one half of each 

 object. Then he continued : " I am the cause that the Seneca do 

 not now fight with the Cherokee, for I love both tribes. When you 

 return home you will find all your people there, and they will know 

 that you are alive. When you get back to your party of warriors you 

 must tell them that they must leave the warpath at once and cease 

 fighting, returning to their homes and remaining there until they 

 shall find something to satisfy their wants. Now my messengers are 

 ready to lead you back to your camp." 



Going out of the lodge, and directed by the messengers, Hatcinon- 

 don passed through an opening and soon found himself in the reeds 

 where he was before he had been called away, and then the messen- 

 gers departed. 



Eeturning to his party of warriors, Hatcinondon told them what 

 he had seen and heard. All went home, where they held a great 

 council, and it was there agreed that the party should go to the 

 Cherokee country in a couple of days. At the appointed time they 

 started, while Hatcinondon went directly to the Cherokee lands 

 again. He was not afraid, for he knew that an arrow would not kill 

 him. In time the Seneca met the Cherokee, and a fierce fight took 

 place. Eemembering what he had been told, Hatcinondon, going 

 straight to the enemy, killed and scalped a Cherokee warrior, where- 

 upon he immediately proclaimed, " I have killed and scalped a war- 

 rior. My name is Hatcinondon." He did this before any of the 

 Cherokee knew that he was there. They had a great battle and many 

 were killed. After the fight the party of Hatcinondon reti'eated to 

 their homes. The news soon spread that this party had returned 

 home with scalps. 



Shortly after this affair another Seneca party started away to 

 fight the Cherokee, and Hatcinondon accompanied it. They soon 

 encountered the Cherokee, and in the ensuing fight Hatcinondon 

 was captured. He was led away, bound, to the Cherokee village, 

 where a great council of war was held. It was a standing rule with 

 the Cherokee that when any person from the Six Nations of the Iro- 



