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their own home settlements, and when Hahyonhwatha had arrived 

 home he said, " Everything is now completed and we shall (all 

 colleagues) now all go to the conference. You shall therefore all 

 make ready." 



The people watched the two volunteer delegates start on their 

 mission and saw them become transformed into high-flyers (a 

 species of hawk) 1 and they arose high in the air and soared south- 

 ward and when they descended and alighted near the settlement 

 they were retransformed and proceeded to the village. 2 Here 

 they inquired the abode of the lord, and they were conducted to 

 him and when they had arrived they saw a man. Then the chief 

 warrior asked : "Are you the lord ? ' ' 



And he answered and said: " I am. Are you seeking for me? " 



The chief warrior then said : " Yes, truly we are looking for 

 you." 



Then the lord said : " I will now ask you upon what mission 

 have you come here." 



Then the chief warrior said : " We are sent by the lords 

 (Rodeyanersonh) who invite you to go to the meeting place of 

 the conference, and you are to take your power with you " (mean- 

 ing peaceful intent). "You shall therefore invite the lord who 

 lives on the great mountain to accompany you." 



Then the lord spoke and said, " Where shall we meet in confer- 

 ence," and the chief warrior answered and said, " By the lake." 



Then the lord said : " I have known about this for a long time. 

 I shall therefore now accept your message." Then he took his pipe 

 and said : " When I finish smoking I shall attend the conference " 

 and the chief warrior and his assistant saw the pipe which was an 

 exceedingly large one and larger than any pipe which they had 

 ever seen before. They then returned to their own settlement and 

 when they had returned Ohdahtshedeh asked, " Did you discover 

 the smoke? " Then the chief warrior answered and said : " Every- 

 thing is right, all is well, and we have discovered the object which 

 you desired; when we saw the smoke we went there and when we 

 arrived we found the lord and we repeated to him fully all our 

 message, and when he had heard all, he answered and said, ' I had 

 known about this for a long time, and knew that I was required 

 to attend the great conference and I now therefore accept and 



1 The two birds into which the messengers were transformed were Ha'goks' 

 and Skadjie'na. 



2 To the Cayuga capitol town. The Cayuga have the council name of 

 Sononawe n do'na, Great Pipe People. 



