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had come on this path which passed her home and which led from 

 the east to the west, and on which traveled the men of blood-thirsty 

 and destructive nature. 



Then he said unto her, " It is your custom to feed these men 

 when they are traveling on this path on their war expeditions." 

 He then told her that she must desist from practising this custom. 

 He then told her that the reason she was to stop this custom was 

 that the Karihwiyoh 1 or Good Tidings of Peace and Power had 

 come. He then said : " I shall, therefore, now change your dis- 

 position and practice." Then also, "I now charge you that you 

 shall be the custodian of the Good Tidings of Peace and Power, 

 so that the human race may live in peace in the future." Then 

 Dekanahwideh also said, " You shall therefore now go east where 

 I shall meet you at the place of danger (to Onondaga), where all 

 matters shall be finally settled and you must not fail to be there on 

 the third day. I shall now pass on in my journey." 



Then he journeyed on a great way and went to another settle- 

 ment. Here he inquired who their Royaner was and after he had 

 ascertained his abode he went to his home and found him, and when 

 they met, Dekanahwideh said, " Have you heard that the Good Tid- 

 ings of Peace and Power are coming?" The lord then said: "I 

 truly have heard of it." 



Then Dekanahwideh asked him what he thought about it. 



Then the lord said, " Since I have heard of the good news I 

 have been thinking about it and since then I have not slept." Then 

 Dekanhwideh said, " It is now at hand — that which has been the 

 cause of your sleeplessness." 



Then Dekanahwideh said, " You shall hereafter be called Hay- 

 yonh-wa-tha 2 (Hiawatha)." 



Then the lord said, " To whom am I speaking? " Dekanahwideh 

 answered and said : " I am the man who is called on earth by the 

 name of Dekanahwideh, and I have just come from the west and 

 am now going east for the purpose of propagating peace, so that 

 the shedding of human blood might cease among you." 



Then the Lord Hahyonhwatha asked, " Will you wait until I go 

 and announce the news to my colleagues ? " Dekanahwideh then 



1 Diikonsa'se', The wild cat (fat faced), known as the "mother of na- 

 tions." This was the most honored female title among the Huron Iroquois. 

 She is sometimes call the Peace Queen. She was of the Neuter Nation and 

 her lodge was on the east side of the Niagara, at Kai-a-nleu-ka. Often she 

 was termed Ye-go-wa-neh, the great woman. 



2 Haiyo n hwat'ha, meaning He has misplaced something but knows where to 

 find it. 



