THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIVE NATIONS I9 



In three days the maiden strangely died. Hayonwhatha was dis- 

 consolate and sat sitting with his head bowed in his hands. He 

 mourned, but none came to comfort him. 



In like manner five other daughters passed away and the grief 

 of Hayonwhatha was extreme. 



Clansmen of the daughters then went to the lodge of Hayon- 

 whatha to watch, for they knew nothing of Osinoh's sorcery. 

 They gathered close against the large trees and in the shadows of 

 bushes. The clansmen suspected some evil treachery and were 

 there to discover it. 



There was no moon in the sky when Osinoh came. Cautiously 

 he came from habit but he was not afraid. He drove his staff in 

 the ground, he breathed loud like a magic totem animal snorting 

 and then he climbed the tree. He spat the clay about the tree to 

 imitate the screech owl and as he did he said : " Si-twit, si-twit, 

 si-twit." Then he sang: 



" Unless you marry Osinoh 

 You shall surely die, whoo-hoo ! " 



The morning came and Osinoh descended. As he touched the 

 ground a clansman shot an arrow and transfixed him. Prostrate 

 fell Osinoh and the clansman rushed at him with a club. 



Osinoh looked up. " You are unable to club me," he said. " Your 

 arm has no power at all. It weakens. Today I shall recover from 

 this wound. It is of no purpose to injure me." 



It was true indeed; the clansman could not lift the club to kill 

 Osinoh. Then Osinoh arose and went home and in three days the 

 daughter died. So perished all by the evil magic arts of Osinoh. 



The grief of Hayonwhatha was terrible. He threw himself 

 about as if tortured and yielding to the pain. No one came near 

 him so awful was his sorrow. Nothing would console him and his 

 mind was shadowed with the thoughts of his heavy sorrow. 



" I shall cast myself away, I shall bury myself in the forest, I 

 shall become a woodland wanderer," he said. Thus he expressed 

 his desire to depart. Then it was known that he would go to an- 

 other nation. 



Hayonwhatha " split the heavens," Watanwhakacia, when he de- 

 parted and his skies were rent asunder. "^ 



Toward the south he went and at night he camped on the moun- 

 tain. This was the first day of his journey. On the second day 

 he descended and camped at the base of the hill. On the third day 



