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Then Dekanahwideh also said : " We shall now use these sym- 

 bolic deer's horns by placing them upon the heads of each other. 

 It shall be thus then that these horns shall be placed upon the head 

 of a man who shall be called a lord by his people — he shall have 

 the power to rule his people." Then Dekanahwideh further said: 

 "And now you, the chief warrior and our mother, shall place these 

 horns upon the head of him, Thadodahho." 



Then they looked and saw antlers lying on the ground in the 

 midst of them, and Dekanahwideh said : " Pick these horns up and 

 put them upon him." Then the mother went forward and picked 

 them up. Then the chief warrior and the woman each grasped the 

 horns and placed them on his head. 



Then Dekanahwideh said to the man who was still sitting on the 

 ground : " Now arise," and the man stood up. 



Then Dekanahwideh said : " You, the nations who are assembled 

 here, behold this man who stands up before us. We have now 

 placed the deer's horns upon his head as an emblem of authority. 

 The people shall now call him Lord Tha-do-dah-ho, in the land." 

 Then Dekanahwideh said : " It shall now, in the future among us, 

 the United Nations, thus be a custom that whenever a lord is to be 

 created we shall all unite in a ceremony (such as this)." 



POSITIONS OF THE CONFEDERATE LORDS 



Then Dekanahwideh said : " Skanyadahriyoh and Sadehkarohyhes 

 shall be the uncles of Dehkaehyonh. We have now form-ed the 

 confederacy, and we shall now have two sets of lords, one on each 

 side of the council fire. 



" Then also Hahyonhwatha and Ohdahtshedeh, father and son, 

 shall sit and face each other, one on each side of the council fire. 



" Then Skanyadahriyoh and Sadehkaronhyes shall sit on one 

 side of the council fire and their nephew Dehkaehyonh shall sit on 

 the opposite side. 



" On one side of the council fire shall then be seated Hayonh- 

 watha, Skanyadahriyoh and Sadehkaronhyes and on the opposite 

 side shall sit Ohdahtshedeh and Dehkaehyonh and it shall be that 

 we shall place Thadodahho in the center between the two sets of 

 lords in the council. 



We .shall establish this relationship as follows: You, Thado- 

 dahho, shall be the father of Ohdahtshedeh and Dehkaehyonh and 

 Hahyonhwatha, Skanyadahriyoh and Sadehkaronhyes shall be your 

 brothers and you shall be the principals of the confederation which 

 we have just made and completed. 



