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lords who have laid their heads before you," but even then 

 Thadodah-ho did not answer. 



Then Dekanahwideh said : ' You Dyon-yonh-koh will now give 

 utterance and express your opinion ■ on this matter, as you now 

 have the authority." 



Then Dyon-yonh-koh spoke and said to Thadodah-ho : " The 

 Creator, the Great Ruler, created this day which is now shedding 

 its light upon us ; he also created man and he also created the earth 

 and all things upon it. Now look up and see the delegates of the 

 Four Nations sitting around you, also see the chief warrior and 

 this great woman our mother (Jiknosahseh), standing before you, 

 all of whom have approved of this message. The lords and all the 

 chief warriors and this great woman, our mother, have all agreed 

 to submit the Good Tidings of Peace and Power to you, and thus 

 if you approve and confirm the message, you will have the power 

 and be the Fire-Keeper of our Confederate Council, and the smoke 

 from it will arise and pierce the sky, and all the nations shall be 

 subject to you." 



Then the twisting movements of the fingers and the snakelike 

 movements of the hair of Thadodahho ceased. 



Then he spoke and said : " It is well. I will now answer the 

 mission which brought you here. I now truly confirm and accept 

 your message, the object of which brought you here." 



THE DEER'S HORNS THE EMBLEM OF POWER 

 Then Dakanahwideh said : ' We have now accomplished our 

 work and completed everything that was required with the excep- 

 tion of shaping and transforming him (by rubbing him down), 

 removing the snake-like hair from him and circumcising him." 



The lords therefore all took part in doing this and Ohdahtshedeh 

 was the first to rub down Thadodahho and the others followed 

 his example so that the appearance of Thaddodahho might be like 

 that of other men. 



When this had been done then Dekanahwideh again said : " You, 

 the chief warrior, and you, our mother, you have the control of the 

 power (the authority), and Ave will now put upon him a sign, by 

 placing upon his head the horns of a buck deer. The reason why 

 we do this is because all people live upon the flesh of the deer, and 

 the reason that we take the emblem of the deer horns is that 

 this institution, the Great Peace, shall be the means of protecting 

 our children hereafter." 



