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said, "You shall bo, our uncle," and sonic inoiv took another for their 

 brother, and so on until only Ga'na', the chief, was left, hut the ("her- 

 okee chief said, "No one must take Ga'na', for a younjr man is here to 

 claim him as his father." Then the youn<;' man came up to Ga'na" and 

 said, •■ Father, I am glad to see you. Father, we will go home," and 

 he led Ga'na' to his own mother's house, the house where Ga'na' had 

 spent the first night. The young man was really his son, and when 

 Ga'na' came to the house he recognized the woman as his wife w'ho had 

 been carried otf long ago by the Cherokee. 



While tiiey wei'e there a messenger came from the Seoqgwageono 

 tribe, that lived near the great salt water in the east, to challenge the 

 Cherokee to a ball play. He was dressed in skins wiiich were so long 

 that they touched the ground. He said that his ])eopl<> were already 

 on the waj' and would arrive in a certain number of days. 1'hey 

 came on the appointed day and the next morning began to make the 

 bets with the Cherokee. The Seneca were still there. The strangers 

 bet two very heavy and costl3' robes, besides other things. They 

 began to play, and the Cherokee lost the game. Then the Seneca 

 said, "We will try this time." Both sides bet heavily again, and the 

 game began, but after a little running the Seneca carried the Ijall to 

 their goal and made a point. Before long they made all the points 

 and won the game. Then the bets were doubled, and the Seneca won 

 again. When they won a third game also the Seoqgwageono said, 

 "Let us try a race," and the Seneca agreed. 



The course was level, and the open space was very wide. The 

 Cherokee selected the Seneca runner, and it was agreed that they 

 would run the first race without betting and then make their bets on 

 the second race. They ran the first race, and when they reached the 

 post the Seneca runner was just the measure of his body behind the 

 other. His people asked him if he had done his best, but he said, 

 "No; I have not," so they made their bets, and the second race — the 

 real race — began. When they got to the middle the Seneca rutmer 

 said to the other, "Do your best now, for I am going to do mine," 

 and as he said it he pulled out and left the other far l)ehind and won 

 the race. Then the Seoqgwageono said, "There is one more race 

 yet — the long race." and they got ready for it, but the Cherokee 

 chief said to his own men, "We have won everything from these 

 people. I think it will be best to let them have one rai^e, for if they 

 lose all, they may make trouble." Th(>y selected a Cherokee to run, 

 and he was beaten, and the Seoqgwageono went home. 



In a few days they sent a messenger to challenge thi> Cherokei- to 

 meet them halfway for a battle. When the Cherokee iieard this they 

 said to the Seneca, "There are so few of you here that we don't want 

 to have you killed. It is better for you to go home." So the Seneca 

 went back to their own country. 



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