232 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
horns from off your head, and with a broad-edged stone axe I shall cut 
the tree down, (meaning that he shall be deposed from his position as 
Lord or Chief of the Confederacy). Then the Chief Warrior shall hand 
back the deer’s horns (the emblem of power) of the deposed Lord to the 
Chief Matron of his family or Clan. 
(D) Whenever it occurs that a Lord is thus deposed then the Chief 
Matron will select and appoint another Warrior of her family or Clan 
and crown him with the deer’s horns and thus a new Lord shall Be 
created in the place of the one deposed. 
(E) Then the Lords said, That the Lords of each of the Confederate 
Nations shall have one Chief Warrior and his duty shall be to carry 
messages through the dense forests between our settlements, and also 
in the absence of the Lord through illness or any other impediment or 
cause he shall be deputed by him (his Lord) to act in his place in 
Council. | 
The Chief Warrior of the Five Nations Confederacy are as follows :— 
Mohawks, Senecas, Onondagas, Oneidas and Cayugas. 
The Lords then said, We have now completed defining the obliga- 
tions and position of a Lord (Ro-ya-ner). 
In accordance therefore with the custom which we now have 
established, it shall be that when a Lord is deposed and the deer’s 
horns (emblem of power) is taken from him, that he shall not be allowed 
to sit in council or even hold office again. 
(F) Then the Lords continued and said, What shall we do in case 
some of us Lords in whom so much dependence is placed are removed 
by sudden death? 
In such case (this shall be done) the Chief Matron and the Warriors 
of the family and Clan of the deceased Lord, shall nominate another 
Lord from the Warriors of the family and Clan of the dead Lord to 
succeed him, then the matter will be submitted to their brother Lords 
and if they (the brother Lords) confirm the nomination then the matter 
will be further submitted to their cousin Lords and if they also confirm 
the nomination, then the candidate shall be qualified to go through the 
Condolence ceremony. 
(G) Then the Lords continued and said, In case the family and 
Clan in which a Lordship title is vested shall become extinct this shall 
be done. It shall then be transferred and vested in the hands of the 
Confederate Lords, and they will consider the matter and nominate and 
appoint a successor from any family of the brother Lords of the deceased 
Lord, and the Lords may in their discretion vest the said Lordship title 
in same family, and such title will remain in that family so long as the 
Lords are satisfied. 
