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The power of the new civil government is called skefi'no^', meaning inherent potence. 2 Tiodenhe'de, meaning He (having died) lives again, cf. Siga'hedus, He resurrects, used as a name for Christ. 3 Dekanawida is reputed to have been a clairvoyant. * Royaner is hoya'ne in Seneca. The Mohawk root-equivalent is Ya"nerhe. Royaner means excellent, noble, good, exalted, pure. Thus as a title the name is translated Lord. Missionaries so use the name, cf. Hale Book of Rites, p. 65. THE CONSTITUTION OF... THE FIVE NATIONS 69 Then the man said : " It is coming and will come soon." Then the lord said: " Where did you see the man?" He rephed, " I saw him in the lake with his canoe; he came from the west and he is going eastward." Then the lord began to wonder and said that he thought the settlement should remain in silence, for all would be glad and satis- fied. Dekanahwideh continued his journey and came to where the great wizard Toh-do-dah-ho^ lived. This man was possessed with great power as a wizard and no man could come to him without endangering his life and it is related that even the fowls of the air whenever they flew directly over his place of abode would die and fall dt)wn on his premises, and that if he saw a man approaching him he was sure to destroy him or kill him.
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