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ize his complete submission, so, also, when resist- 

 ance is impossible, be voluntarily offers up bis 

 arms and clotbing to tbe stronger party, in tlie 

 bope thereby of puruha'sing his life. " Here," he 

 says in effect by his actions, "take all I have 

 — my spear, my shield, my necklet of beads, my 

 girdle of grass, or skins, or wampum ; take my 

 feathers, my anklets, my amulets, and let me go, 

 a naked and defenceless creature, your slave and 

 your captive, wherever you may lead me. If you 

 . give me my life, I am am[)ly satisfied." 



Tliis practical giving-up of arms and clothing, 

 begun as a means of propitiating a con{iueror, be- 

 comes at last a ceremonial usage, much in favor 

 among savage or barbarous kings, who often tlius 

 exact their tribute from their vassals and feuda- 

 tories. Sometiiues the minor chiefs, on the annual 

 reckoning day, present themselves, gorgeously at- 

 tired, at the palace of their sovereign, and one by 

 one strip off and hand to him their long rolls of 

 red cloth and their barbaric gewgaws, often at tlie 

 same time putting their necks humbly beneath his 

 feet, as if to renew their homage and acknowl- 

 edge their submission. In certain cases etiquette 

 demands that they should leave the royal j)resence 

 utterly unclothed ; in other instances they are 

 required to give up only the more ornamental })art 

 of their outer covering, and to retain as much as 

 is strictly necessary for the bare purposes of 



