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as they peopled the country, they were more valuable (JK 33 : 243).^® 

 Each of these gifts was presented by the chief with a long speech ; a 

 ceremony sometimes lasting entire days (JR 10: 217). Those who 

 received the gifts carefully examined them and rejected those that did 

 not please them. Those not acceptable had to be replaced with gifts 

 that were (JR 33: 245). 



There were two kmds of presents given: some, as the first nine 

 {andaojihaan) , were given to the relatives to make peace and to take 

 away all bitterness from their hearts and the desire for revenge ; others 

 (andaerraehaan, 'what is hung upon a pole') were put on a pole 

 which was raised above the head of the murderer. Each of these 

 presents had its particular name. Those of the first nine, the most 

 important, follow. Sometimes each of these presents was a thousand 

 wampum beads. The chief held the first present in his hand and said, 

 condayee onsahachoutawas^ 'There is something by which he with- 

 draws the hatchet from tlie wound, and makes it fall from the hands of 

 him who would wish to avenge this injury.' For the second present 

 he said, condayee oscotaweanon^ 'There is something with which he 

 wipes away the blood from the wound in the head.' These first two 

 presents represented the regret of the murderer for having killed the 

 man and expressed his wish to restore his life. On giving the third 

 present, the chief said condayee onsahondechari^ 'This is to restore the 

 country.' For the fourth, he said condayee onsaJiondwaronfi^ eto- 

 tonhioentsiai,, 'This is to put a stone upon the opening and the divi- 

 sion of the ground that was made by this murder.' The fifth was 

 made to smooth the roads and to clear away the brushwood ; the chief 

 said condayee onsa hannonJdai, in order that one might go henceforth 

 in perfect security over the paths and from village to village. The 

 last four presents were addressed to the relatives, to console them and 

 to wipe away their tears. For the sixth, the chief said condayee onsa 

 hoheronti, 'Behold, here is something for him (his father, mother, or 

 the one who would avenge his death) to smoke.' The next was to 

 restore completely the mind of the offended person, condayee onsa 

 hondionroenkhra. The eighth was to give a drink to the mother of 

 the deceased and to heal her as having been seriously sick because of 

 the death of her son, condayee onsa aiveannoncwa d^ocioefon. The 

 ninth was to place a mat for her on which she might rest herself and 

 sleep during the time of her mourning, condayee onsa liohiendaen. 

 After the giving of these principal presents, others were given as 



™ At the time the Iroquois League was established, the price for murder was fixed. The 

 settlement for the murder of one man by another was 20 strings of wampum ; 10 for the 

 life he had taken and 10 for his life that he had forfeited by committing the murder. The 

 price was double for a woman. The settlement for the murder of a woman by a man was 

 30 strings of wampum ; 20 for the life of the woman and 10 for the forfeited life of the 

 murderer. The settlement for the murder of a woman by a woman was 40 strings of wam- 

 pum ; 20 for the life of the woman who had been murdered and 20 for the life of the 

 murderer (Hewitt 1917 : 323 ; 1918 : 541 ; 1932 : 484-485 ; 1933). 



