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horns and the horns shall remain in the circle, and after he has passed 
through the circle he shall no longer be a Lord, but shall be as an 
ordinary warrior and shall not be qualified to fill any office. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh further said, We have now completed 
everything in connection with the matter of Peace and Power, and it 
only remains for us to consider and adopt some measure as to what we 
shall do with reference to the disposal of the weapons of war which we 
have taken from our people. 
Then the Lords considered the matter and decided that the best 
way which they could adopt with reference to the disposal of the 
weapons would be to uproot the Great tall tree which they have 
planted, and in uprooting the tree it would form a chasm so deep that 
it would come or reach to the swift current of the waters under it, into 
which the weapons of war would be thrown, and they would be borne 
or swept away forever by the current so that their grandchildren would 
never see them. And they then uprooted the Great tree and they then 
cast into the chasm all manner of weapons of war which their people 
had been in the custom of using, and they then replaced the tree in its 
original position. 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh further continued and said, We have 
completed clearing away all manner of weapons in the way of our 
people. 
Then he (De-ka-nah-wi-deh) continued and said, We have still 
one matter left to be considered and that is with reference to the 
hunting grounds of our people from which they derive their living. 
Then the Lords said with reference to this matter. We shall now 
do this. We shall only have one dish (or bowl) in which will be placed 
one beaver’s tail and we shall all have a co-equal right to it, and there 
shall be no knife in it, for if there be a knife in it there will be danger 
that it might cut some one and blood would thereby be shed. (This one 
dish or bowl signifies that they will place their hunting grounds in 
one common and all have a co-equal right to hunt within its precints ; 
and the knife being prohibited from being placed into the dish or bowl 
signifies that all danger would be removed from shedding of blood by 
the people of these different Nations of the Confederacy caused by 
differences of the right of the hunting grounds, etc.) 
Then De-ka-nah-wi-deh continued and said, We have now accom- 
plished and completed forming this great Confederacy of the Five 
Nations together with adopting rules and regulations in connection 
therewith. 
Then he (De-ka-nah-wi-deh) continued and said, I will now leave 
all matters in the hands of you Lords and you are to work and carry 
out the principles of all that I have just laid before you for the welfare 
