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The chief warrior then said : " I was in great doubt, but have 

 now truly concluded to accept the Good News of Peace and Power." 

 Then Royaner (Lord) Hahyonhwatha said: " Now faithfully see 

 these matters are settled and finished.'' 



Then he further said : " Dekanahwideh, you may now listen to 

 the answer we have concluded to give you. We have received the 

 message which you brought us, and we have jointly concluded to 

 accept the message of Good News of Peace and Power and we 

 have now concluded all we have to say, and the matter shall now 

 rest with you entirely." 



Dekanahwideh then said : " This day is early and yet young, so 

 is the new mind also tender and young, so also is the Good Tidings 

 of Peace and Power, and as the new sun of Good Tidings of 

 Peace and Power arose, so it will proceed on its course and prosper ; 

 so also will the young mind, and the Good Tidings of Peace and 

 Power shall prevail and prosper. Therefore in the future your 

 grandchildren forever shall live in peace." 



Then Dekanahwideh answered again : " You, chief warrior, you 

 have had power in warfare, but now this is all changed. I now 

 proclaim that since you had doubts, you shall be hereafter known 

 in the land by the name of Tha-ha-rih-ho-ken (De-ka-ri-ho-ken), 1 

 which means doubting or hesitating over two things as to which 

 course to adopt." 



And Dekanahwideh said : " You, the deputy chief warrior, I 

 charge you that you shall be called and known hereafter in the 

 land by the name of Sa-de-ga-rih-wa-den 2 (one-who-respects-all- 

 matters-as-important-equally) because you truly have concurred 

 in and justly confirmed all that you have heard." 



Then Dekanahwideh also said : " I shall now pass on and go 

 east, and we shall meet again tomorrow 3 to add to what we have 

 already accomplished." 



Then Dekanahwideh passed on in his journey. 



Then in Lord Hahyonhwatha's family composed of three 4 

 daughters, the eldest was taken ill and in a little time she died. 5 



1 In Onondaga, Degaiho'ke 11 '. His name appears first on the roll of 

 " Rodiyaner." 



2 Tca'dekaiiwat'de, sometimes translated, Two stories diverging in con- 

 clusions. 



3 " Tomorrow," or " on another day " frequently means the next year. 

 Dekanawida in going east possibly went to the Abenaki or other New Eng- 

 land Indians. See Prince, op. cit. • 



4 Newhouse says seven. 



5 A Mohawk account. Cf . Newhouse. who says the daughters all perished 

 through the witchcraft of Osi'no'. One account says that he took the form 



