Chenos

From obscure Indian reports from the channels called Chenos, the Indians there had been alarmed by news of the inroads of Na-do-was (Iroquois), and seeing some one on the shore, in a questionable plight, they fired and killed him.

Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851

From obscure Indian reports from the channels called Chenos, the Indians there had been alarmed by news of the inroads of Na-do-was (Iroquois), and seeing some one on the shore, in a questionable plight, they fired and killed him.

Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828

When the morning came the warrior went to the forest and killed a deer which he brought to Chenos, who prepared it for a sacrifice, and sang

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"Come, my master," cried Chenos, "for the hands of the Evil One are upon me."

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Walkullas and the strange warriors who had helped to slay their sons, but Chenos bade them sit down again.

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Chenos asked him why he did not speak, but he did not answer.

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Then the head chief and the counsellors asked Chenos what must be done to appease the Master of Breath.

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They stopped, and Chenos went close to the fire and talked with his master, but nobody saw with whom he talked.

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"Let us listen," said Chenos, stopping the warriors in their dance.

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The Great Spirit keeps nothing hid from his priests, of whom Chenos is one.

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