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he had arrived, Dekanahwideh said : "Are you the man for whom 

 this people have been waiting so long to return?" Then the man 

 answered, " I am that man." Then Dekanahwideh said : " What 

 was the cause of your long delay in coming?" The man answered 

 and said, " I was waiting for that other man who passed here, and 

 who promised to return but who did not return, and while I was 

 vigilantly watching and waiting for him I could not see him and 

 he failed to return as promised, and when I was on the point of 

 returning I tore down my hut which I had built, then I looked 

 back to my home for the path by which I had come. It had been 

 plainly open before me but now on each side of the path was the 

 forest. I then left and came home here and then I found that 

 already the people had all heard of the Good News which I wished 

 to bring them, so I simply corroborate what they have already 

 heard (from Hahyonhwatha)." 



Then Dekanahwideh said : " Everything is now completed, and 

 as you have now torn down your hut, your duty is now changed. 

 You looked back and saw plainly the path through the forest. You 

 shall therefore be known in the land by the name of De-yo-ha"- 

 kwe-de.^ Your duty shall therefore be to propagate the Good 

 Tidings of Peace and Power so that your children in the future 

 may live in peace." Then Dekanahwideh also said : " I will now 

 tell you that the people through whose settlements I have passed 

 have all accepted the Good Tidings of Peace and Power. Hahyonh-. 

 watha shall therefore now go after his colleagues and I shall now 

 visit the settlement at the big mountain ^ and see what is happening 

 there. I have been there before but I have not yet received an 

 answer and what I think now is that we ought to join together in 

 this great work for it is now urgent that it would be done for our 

 time is getting shortened and we have only until tomorrow ^ to 

 complete the whole compact." Then he, Dekanahwideh, also said : 

 " It would be best to appoint two delegates to go and find the 

 smoke." 



Then Plahyonhwatha said : " Where shall we meet again ? " 



Dekanahwideh answered and said : " We shall meet again by the 

 lake shore where my boat lies."* 



Then Ohdahtshedeh spoke and said : " I shall lie across the 

 pathway like a log and when you come to me you will come in 



1 Teyoha'gwente', Hollow voice in the throat. 



2 Ganundawao, Bare Hill, the Seneca capitol. 

 2 The term " tomorrow " means a year hence. 



4 At the mouth of the Oswego river ; Oswe'ge"', meaning, the place of the 

 outpouring. 



