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16 When the people could no longer under= stand each other, of course they separated, and formed different nations. These nations, on ac= count of not understanding each other, were soon involved in quarrels and wars ensued superscript a. Long ago, Ye, ho, waah [[previous three words underlined made him= self known to the redmen. He chose them for his people. He told them they should be the father of all other nations. He also talked with some of them, and told them things to come, and thus made them prophets. superscript b The ancient Cherokee spake much of two very great men among their ancestors: One of the two was named E, ga, ha, yi name underlined [e for a, long, and i for e]. - They said less of him than of the other, who will be mentioned pres= ently. They simply observed of him that he was a peculiarly great man superscript c. [The Reverend D:S: Butrick stated to the writer of these pages, that, when the young Cherokee began to translate the scrip= tures, they found a difficulty in expressing the name Abraham in Cherokee, there being no br underlined, nor m underlined, in the ancient language; and