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present." Then the people went out and the two men escorted 

 Hayonhwatha to Dekanawida. This was on the twenty-third day. 

 Then Dekanawida arose when Hayonhwatha had entered and he 

 said : " My younger brother I perceive that you have suffered from 

 some deep grief. You are a chief among your people and yet you 

 are wandering about." 



Hayonhwatha answered, " That person skilled in sorcery, Osinoh, 

 has destroyed my family of seven daughters. It was truly a great 

 calamity and I am now very miserable. My sorrow and my rage 

 have been bitter. I can only rove about since now I have cast 

 myself away from my people. I am only a wanderer. I split the 

 heavens when I went away from my house and my nation." 



Dekanawida replied, " Dwell here with me. I will represent your 

 sorrow to the people here dwelling." 



So Hayonhwatha had found some one who considered his dis- 

 tress and he did stay. Then Dekanawida told of his suffering and 

 the people listened. 



The five escorts were then dismissed and Hayonhwatha gave 

 thanks to them and told them to return to their own region again. 

 Then the escorts said, " Now today it has happened as was foretold 

 in a dream. The two are now together. Let them now arrange 

 the Great Peace." Then they returned home. 



When Dekanawida laid the trouble before the council he promised 

 to let Hayonhwatha know their decision. The chiefs deliberated 

 over the sad events and then decided to do as Dekanawida should 

 say. He then should remedy the trouble. Then Dekanawida went 

 in perplexity to his lodge and as he came to it he heard Hayonh- 

 watha say, " It is useless, for the people only boast what they will 

 do, saying ' I would do this way,' but they do nothing at all. If what 

 has befallen me should happen to them I would take down the three 

 shell strings from the upright pole and I would address them and I 

 would console them because they would be covered by heavy dark- 

 ness." Dekanawida stood outside the door and heard all these 

 words. So then Dekanawida went forward into the house and he 

 went up to the pole, then he said v " My younger brother, it has 

 now become very plain to my eyes that your sorrow must be re- 

 moved. Your griefs and your rage have been great. I shall now 

 undertake to remove your sorrow so that your mind may be rested. 

 Have you no more shell strings on your pole ? " 



Hayonhwatha replied, " I have no more strings but I have many 

 shells in a tanned deer's skin." So he opened his bundle and a great 



