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tion about which you speak. Therefore you would better visit him 

 and seek furtlier information from him." 



Thereupon Dehaenhyowens and his companion again started on 

 their quest for some one who Imew them. On reaching their new 

 destination they found the very old man of whom the old woman 

 had spoken, and they asked him : " Do you remember an affair, which 

 took place many years ago, in which warriors to the number of 

 30 departed hence on an expedition along tl,. path of the Sun?" 

 After a few moments of reflection the old man replied : " I remem- 

 ber the matter full well. This is what happened : There lived a 

 people yonder, some distance away, where this affair took place. 

 There were a number of young men who had grown up together, 

 all about 10 years of age; 30 of these organized themselves into a 

 war party, binding themselves together by means of an oath or vow. 

 Having fully organized their troop, they caused the people of the 

 entire community to assemble at the Long Lodge of public gather- 

 ings, whereupon Dehaenhyowens arose and said : ' Now then, it shall 

 be made known to you who have assembled here that we have indeed 

 completed our preparations. We young men, who are three tens 

 in number, have enlisted by " notching the stick " to go on an 

 expedition along the path of the Sun. We have made the agreement 

 strong, for we have commingled our minds. Now it is as if we had 

 only a single head, only a single body of flesh, only a single life, 

 and we shall bleed as one person. Moreover, we renounce our kin- 

 dred, and we also forswear our lives. We shall now depart hence, 

 directing our course toward the West, for we desire to make a journey 

 to the place of the sunset — to the place where the Diurnal Light 

 Orb is wont to make his way to and fro. Our band have appointed 

 me and my dear brother to be their chiefs to lead them. We, too, 

 have made a solemn vow that no matter what the situation con- 

 fronting us we will nevertheless pass onward in our journey. We 

 have indeed enlisted in this matter seriously by " notching the stick." 

 This is, of course, as you well know, the pledge that each one of us 

 will do what we have agreed to do one with another.' Thereupon, 

 they departed from u.s, and they have never returned." 



Dehaenhyowens, replying to the old man, said, " How long ago 

 may it be since that event took place?" The old man answered, " It 

 is now three generations ago — that is, three generations have passed 

 away since that time." Then Dehaenhyowens asked, " Who were the 

 chiefs of those who departed?" The old man said, " Dehaenhyowens 

 and his brother, Gae"'hyakdon'dye'; these two persons were chosen 

 as the chiefs of the party." To this Dehaenhyowens responded, 

 " Verily, grandsire, we are the remaining members of that party — 

 my brother, Gae"'hyakdoii'dye', our friend Daga'dye', and I ; so many 

 of the number have now returned home. It was, verily, our party 



