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THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh further said, The Lords have unanimously 
decided to spread before you on the ground this great white Wampum 
Belt (Ska-no-dah-ken-rah-ko-wah) and (Ka-yah-ne-renh-ko-wah) which 
signifies purity and great peace, and the Lords have also laid before 
you this great Wing (Ska-weh-yeh-seh-ko-wah) and whenever any dust 
or stain of any description falls upon the great Belt of white Wampum, 
then you shall take this great wing and sweep it clean, (dust or stain 
means evil of any description which has a tendency to cause trouble in 
the Confederate Council). 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, The Lords of this Confederacy have 
unanimously decided to lay by you this rod (Ska-nah-ka-res) and 
whenever you see any creeping thing which has a tendency to harm 
our grandchildren or creeping towards the great white Wampum Belt, 
then you take this rod and pry it away with it, and if you and your 
Colleagues fail to pry the creeping evil thing out, you shall then call out 
loudly so that all the Confederate Nations may hear and they will come 
to your assistance. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh said, Now you Lords of the several Con- 
federate Nations shall now divide yourselves and sit on the opposite 
sides of the Council fire as follows:—You and your brother Colleagues 
shall sit on one side of the Council fire (this was said to the Mohawks 
and the Senecas) and your sons the Oneidas and Cayugas shall sit 
directly opposite of the Council fire, and then you will begin to work 
and carry out the principles of the great peace (Ka-yah-ne-renh-ko-wah) 
you will be guided in this by the great white Wampum Belt (Ska-no- 
dah-ke-rah-ko-wah) which signifies great peace. Then De-ka-nah-wi- 
deh said, You Tha-do-dah-ho shall be the Fire-Keepers, and your duty 
shall be to open the Confederate Council with praise and thanksgiving 
to the Great Spirit and close the same. Then he (De-ka-nah-wi-deh) 
said, When the Council is opened Hah-yonh-wa-tha and his Colleagues 
shall be the first to consider and give their opinion upon all subjects 
which come before the Council for consideration, and when they have 
arrived at a decision, then they shall transfer the matter to their breth- 
ren the Senecas for their consideration, and when they (the Senecas) 
shall have arrived at a decision on the matter, then they shall refer it 
back to Hah-yonh-wa-tha and his Colleagues. Then Hah-yonh-wa-tha 
will announce the decision to the opposite side of the Council fire. 
Then Oh-dah-tshe-deh and his Colleagues will consider the matter 
in question and when they have arrived at a decision they will refer 
the matter to their brethren the Cayugas for their consideration and 
after they have arrived at a decision they will refer the matter back 
to Oh-dah-tshe-deh and his Colleagues. Then Oh-dah-tshe-deh will 
announce their decision to the opposite side of the Council fire. Then 
