For among the Iroquois and their adopted captives there are both girls and boys who are spoken of as "Hidden Persons" or "Hidden Children." They are called Ta-neh-u-weh-too, which means, "hidden in the husks," like ears of corn.
And the reason is this: a mother, for one cause or another, or perhaps for none at all, decides to make of her unborn baby a Hidden Child.

And so, when born, the child is instantly given to distant foster-parents, and by them hidden; and remains so concealed until adolescence.

And, being considered from birth pure and unpolluted, a girl and a boy thus hidden are expected to marry, return to their people when informed by their foster-parents of the truth, and bring a fresh, innocent, and uncontaminated strain into their clan and tribe.
What the Erie said seemed to stun me.

What did this foul creature know of me?
What knowledge had this murdering beast of Lois?
And Amochol--what in God's name did the Red Sorcerer know of us, or of our history?
Even the horrid threat against Lois seemed so fantastic, so unreal, so meaningless, that at the moment, it did not impress me even with its unspeakable wickedness.
The Sagamore touched my arm as though with awe and pity, and I lifted my head.
"Is this true, brother ?" he asked gently.
"I do not know if it is," I said, dazed.
"Then--it is the truth." "Why do you say that, Mayaro ?" "I know it, now.

I suspected it when your eyes first fell on the Ghost-bear rearing on my breast.