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tlio door Wiis thrown open anil the Sun came in, .so bright that Ilalci- 

 nondofi had to hold his head down. The two beings talked together, 

 l)nt th(> Seneoa could not understand a word, and soon the visitor went 

 out again. Then the Thunder said: '"That is the one j'ou call the Sun. 

 who watches in the world below. It is night down there now, and he 

 is hurrying to the east. He says there has just been a l)attle. 1 lo\e 

 both the Seneca and the Cherokee, and when you get back to your 

 warriors you must tell them to stop fighting and go home." Again 

 he bi'ought food, halt' of each kind, and when Hatcinoiidofi had eaten, 

 the Thunder said, "Now my messengers will take 3-ou to your place."' 



The door opened again of itself, and Hateinondofi followed the two 

 Sky People until they l)rought him to the place where he had slept, 

 and there left him. He found his party and told the warriors what he 

 had seen. The}' held a council over it and decided to strike the enemy 

 once before going home. Hateinondofi led them. They met tije 

 Cherokee and went homi; with scalps. 



He led another party against the Cherokee, but this time he was 

 taken and carried to the Cherokee town. It was the custom among 

 the Cherokee to let two women say what should be done with captives. 

 They decided that he should be tortured with tire, so he was tied to a 

 tree, and the wood was piled around him. Hatcinoiidoii gave himself 

 up for lost, when a rain storm came up and the people concluded to 

 wait until it was over. They went away and left him tied to the tree. 



Prettv soon an old woman came up to him, and said. "My grandson, 

 you think you are going to die, but you are not. Try to stir your 

 limbs." He struggled and finally got his limbs free. Then she said, 

 "Now you are free. I have come to repay your kindness. You 

 remember that you once found a frog in the middle of a circle of fire 

 and that you picked it up and put it into the water. I was that frog, 

 and now I help y(m. 1 sent the rain storm, and now you nuist go 

 down to the creek and follow the current." 



When the rain was over the people came back, but Ilatrinondon was 

 gone. They trailed him down to the creek, but he had found a hollow 

 tree lying in the water, with a hole on the upper side through which 

 he could breathe, .so he crawled into it and they could not find him. 

 Once two of the Cherokee came and sat on the log and he could iiear 

 them talking about him, but they did not know that he was inside. 

 When they were all gone, he came out and kept on down the stream. 

 After dark he came to a place where three hunters had made a fire and 

 gone to sleep for th(> night. Their hatchets and arms were hung up 

 on a tree. Hatcinondon was naked. He listened until he was sure 

 the men were asleep, then he took one of their hatchets and killed all 

 three, one after anothei'. He dressed himself in the clothes of one. 

 and put on his belt, wilii the knife and hatchet. Then he washed 

 himself at the ci-eek and sat down by the tire and cooked his supjier. 



