This signifies and provides that should any one of the Confederate Lords leave the council and this Confederacy his crown of deer's horns, the emblem of his Lordship title, together with his birthright, shall lodge on the arms of the Union Lords whose hands are so joined. No Lord shall ask a question of the body of Confederate. They shall own the land and the soil. When they reach the sorrowing Lords they shall hail the candidate Lord and perform the rite of Conferring the Lordship Title. Whenever any man proves himself by his good life and his knowledge of good things, naturally fitted as a teacher of good things, he shall be recognized by the Lords as a teacher of peace and religion and the people shall hear him. The black portion, furthermore, is a token of power and authority vested in the men of the Five Nations. 22. When the Lords of the Five Nations propose to meet in conference with a foreign nation with proposals for an acceptance of the Great Peace, a large band of warriors shall conceal themselves in a secure place safe from the espionage of the foreign nation but as near at hand as possible. It shall be the duty of the Lords of each brotherhood to confer at the approach of the time of the Midwinter Thanksgiving and to notify their people of the approaching festival. Soon we ourselves will be left in that place. 72. 9. Such a candidate shall not be the father of any Confederate Lord. Here we lay it away. With endless patience you shall carry out your duty and your firmness shall be tempered with tenderness for your people. Men and women, therefore, members of the same clan are forbidden to marry. The Lords of the Confederacy shall then have no other alternative than to sanction the discharge of the offending Lord. At the third council the War Chief of the Five nations shall address the Chief of the foreign nation and request him three times to accept the Great Peace. Speak not idle talk neither gossip. He shall say that the black clouds shall roll away and that the bright blue sky is visible once more. You shall now go your way alone, the rest of the people of the Confederacy will not go with you, for we know not the kind of mind that possesses you. You were once a Lord of the Five Nations' Confederacy and the United People trusted you. The title names of the Chief Confederate Lords' War Chiefs shall be: Ayonwaehs, War Chief under Lord Takarihoken (Mohawk), Kahonwahdironh, War Chief under Lord Odatshedeh (Oneida), Ayendes, War Chief under Lord Adodarhoh (Onondaga), Wenenhs, War Chief under Lord Dekaenyonh (Cayuga), Shoneradowaneh, War Chief under Lord Skanyadariyo (Seneca). When a unanimous decision shall have been reached by the two bodies of Fire Keepers, Adodarho shall notify Hononwiretonh of the fact when he shall confirm it. Skanawatih shall be vested with a double office, duty and with double authority. 102. The men of every clan of the Five Nations shall have a. Then shall he be accorded equal rights and privileges in all matters except as after mentioned. 49. 98. Runners shall travel day and night. I, Dekanawida, and the Union Lords, now uproot the tallest pine tree and into the cavity thereby made we cast all weapons of war. 45. When an infant of the Five Nations is given an Authorized Name at the Midwinter Festival or at the Ripe Corn Festival, one in the cousinhood of which the infant is a member shall be appointed a speaker. When the Ripe Corn Thanksgiving is celebrated the Lords of the Nation must give it the same attention as they give to the Midwinter Thanksgiving. I plant it in your territory, Adodarhoh, and … 28. He shall be a Lord of either the Mohawk, Onondaga or Seneca Nation. The United People trusted you." (etc.)" Every Onondaga Lord (or his deputy) must be present at every Confederate Council and must agree with the majority without unwarrantable dissent, so that a unanimous decision may be rendered. It was clearly made known to you at a former time. He then shall consult with five of his coactive Lords and they in turn shall consult with their eight brethren. A Pine Tree chief has no authority to name a successor nor is his title hereditary. The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations The Great Law of Peace 1. Now, therefore, we lay it (the body) here. (The remainder is the same as the address at the funeral of a Lord). If the offending Lord is still obdurate he shall be dismissed by the War Chief of his nation for refusing to conform to the laws of the Great Peace. 38. We remove for a time the deer's antlers from your brow, we remove the emblem of your Lordship title. Should two sons of opposite sides of the council fire agree in a desire to hear the reciting of the laws of the Great Peace and so refresh their memories in the way ordained by the founder of the Confederacy, they shall notify Adodarho. For this reason hold yourselves in restraint as you go from place to place. 77. All the business of the Five Nations Confederate Council shall be conducted by the two combined bodies of Confederate Lords. We trust that you, our mothers, will always guard it, and that you will warn your Lord always to be dutiful and to advise his people to ever live in love, peace and harmony that a great calamity may never happen again.". Henceforth it shall not be their heritage. A certain wampum belt of black beads shall be the emblem of the authority of the Five War Chiefs to take up the weapons of war and with their men to resist invasion. It shall be a serious wrong for anyone to lead a Lord into trivial affairs, for the people must ever hold their Lords high in estimation out of respect to their honorable positions. 57. If the Younger Brothers lose one of their Lords then the Three Brothers shall come to them and console them. Now then we say to you, "Persevere onward to the place where the Creator dwells in peace. Look and listen for the welfare of the whole people and have always in view not only the present but also the coming generations, even those whose faces are yet beneath the surface of the ground "the unborn of the future Nation.". remarks are transcribed directly from the text I copied. 67. Should the person or nation create loss, do wrong or cause suffering of any kind to endanger the peace of the Confederacy, the Confederate Lords shall order one of their war chiefs to reprimand him or them and if a similar offense is again committed the offending party or parties shall be expelled from the territory of the Five United Nations. Should he resign his seat and title no one shall prevent him. The singer shall lead the way and the Lords and the people shall follow. If the Creator spares you and you recover from your illness you shall rise from your bed with the antlers on your brow as before and you shall resume your duties as Lord of the Confederacy and you may labor again for the Confederate people.". At the conclusion of his oration he shall march forward and commence the War Song and he shall sing: Now I am greatly surprised And, therefore I shall use it The power of my War Song. Then shall the opposite side say: "We now do crown you with the sacred emblem of the deer's antlers, the emblem of your Lordship. At the funeral of a woman of the people, say: "Now we become reconciled as you start away. Therefore shall they be in peace in the sunshine again. 11. The foreign nation is to be persuaded by reason and urged to come into the Great Peace. Five Nations the admission shall be understood only to be a temporary one. At the end of it he shall send the bunch of shell strings to the opposite side and they shall be received as evidence of the pledge. Now the Lords of the Five Nations have decided to expel you and cast you out. In case a part or all the Lords pursue a course not vouched for by the people and heed not the third warning of their women relatives, then the matter shall be taken to the General Council of the women of the Five Nations. When a Lordship title is to be conferred, the candidate Lord shall furnish the cooked venison, the corn bread and the corn soup, together with other necessary things and the labor for the Conferring of Titles Festival. The oral laws and customs of the Great Law of Peace became the constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy, established by the 16th century or earlier. Then they shall dispatch their War Chiefs to notify their brother and cousin Lords of the meeting and its time and place. Let her come forward and receive this gift and be dismissed from the task." The Smoke of the Confederate Council Fire shall ever ascend and pierce the sky so that other nations who may be allies may see the Council Fire of the Great Peace. 39. Any member of the Five Nations who through esteem or other feeling wishes to adopt an individual, a family or number of families may offer adoption to him or them and if accepted the matter shall be brought to the attention of the Lords for confirmation and the Lords must confirm adoption.

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