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" Then came the four messengers to him and said, ' The children 

 will comfort you in your distress for they are without sin. They 

 will elect a certain one from among them to plead that you continue 

 to abide among them.' " 



So they said. Eniaiehuk. 



" Now it happened that it came to pass that all the children as- 

 sembled and their spokesman did his utmost to exact a promise 

 from Ganio'dai'io'. So great was his grief that after he had spoken 

 a short time he could no longer plead. Then another boy was 

 appointed by the children, a boy not bashful but rough and bold. 

 So he, too, endeavored to persuade Ganio'dai'io', but it was a difficult 

 task for him and he could scarcely speak, but he did. Then 

 Ganio'dai'io' made an answer to the children. He rose and exhorted 

 them to ever be faithful and a great multitude heard him and wept." 

 Eniaiehuk. 



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" Now at this time there was a man and his name was New Voice, 

 a chief of equal rank with Cornplanter. Now this man urged 

 Ganio'dai'io' to accept the invitation of his friends and relatives of 

 Onondaga. He said, ' It is as if they were stretching forth their 

 necks to see you coming. Now I am going forth to a gathering of 

 chiefs at Buffalo on the long strip that is the fireplace of the Six 

 Nations/ the great meeting place of human creatures. I will go 

 so that I may believe that you are on your journey and I will ride 

 away as fast as my horse can go.' So he said." 



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'' Now then Ganio'dai'io' started on his journey and a large num- 

 ber followed him that they might hear him speak. They had no 

 conveyances but traveled afoot. 



" Now when they came to their camping spot at Ganowa'ges,^ he 

 said to them in a commanding voice, 'Assemble early in the morn- 

 ing.' Now when they did he offered thanks and afterward he said, 

 ' I have had a dream, a wondrous vision. I seemed to see a path- 

 way, a trail overgrown and covered with grass so that it appeared 

 not to have been traveled in a long time.' Now no one spoke but 



lAt this time there was an Onondaga village on the Buffalo Creek tract. 

 It became therefore a legal meeting place for the Six Nations. The 

 Canadian refugees often returned to council there. 



2 The site of the village opposite the present Avon, N. Y. 



