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approve the message.' He promised to pass on his way to the 

 conference, the settlement at the great mountain, 1 and the people 

 there are to accompany him to the conference." 



Then Ohdahtshedeh said : ' It is now time that Hahyonhwatha 

 should return, and as soon as he returns we shall at once go to the 

 conference." 



Dekanahwideh himself had also gone to the settlement of the 

 great mountain and when he had arrived at the abode of the lord 

 of the settlement he said : " It is now very urgent that you should 

 reply to the message which I have left here before." 



The lord answered and said : ' The chief warrior and his 

 deputy have failed to unanimously agree with me to accept the 

 message of Good Tidings of Peace and Power, and I am now 

 bewildered and I am at loss to discover any course which might 

 lead me to overcome this difficulty. The reason why we are thus 

 placed is that the chief warrior and his deputy, who have the power 

 and the control of the people, have disagreed with us to accept the 

 message." 



Then Dekanahwideh said : " That which has occurred with you 

 will not make a difference. The reason why it will not make any 

 difference is that you, being the lord, have accepted the message. 

 You are not alone, for they are many who have now accepted the 

 message and they will assist you to successfully consider the diffi- 

 culty in which you are placed." 



Then moreover Dekanahwideh said : " You will now notify the 

 brother lord whose abode is on the other side of the river 2 that it 

 is now urgent for him to come over the river, so that we might 

 meet together here." Then the lord sent a messenger to notify the 

 lord, whose abode was on the other side of the river, and shortly 

 after the lord arrived at the appointed place. 



Then Dekanahwideh said : " We have now all met together. I 

 will therefore ask your mind." 



Then the lord who had come from over the river spoke and 

 said : " We lords on either side of the river have decided to accept 

 your message which you left. The only difficulty which we have 

 now to contend with is that our chief warrior and his deputy have 

 failed to agree with us to accept the message, and they have the 

 power to control the people, and we lords on either side of the 



1 The Seneca capitol. The Senecas were divided into two bands, one of 

 which seems to have been allied with the Erie. 



2 Probably the Genesee river. " The other lord " means the chief of the 

 trans-Genesee Seneca. 



