THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIVE NATIONS 43 



When an infant of the Five Nations is given an Authorized Name 

 at the Midwinter Festival or at the Ripe Corn Festival, one in the 

 cousinhood of which the infant is a member shall be appointed a 

 speaker. He shall then announce to the opposite cousinhood the 

 names of the father and the mother of the child together with the 

 clan of the mother. Then the speaker shall announce the child's 

 name twice. The uncle of the child shall then take the child in 

 his arms and walking up and down the room shall sing : " My 

 head is firm, I am of the Confederacy." As he sings the opposite 

 cousinhood shall respond by chanting, " Hyenh, Hyenh, Hyenh, 

 Hyenh," until the song is ended. (95-XII, EUC). 



47 If the female heirs of a Confederate Lord's title become ex- 

 tinct, the title right shall be given by the Lords of the Confederacy 

 to the sister family whom they shall elect and that family shall hold 

 the name and transmit it to their (female) heirs, but they shall not 

 appoint any of their sons as a candidate for a title until all the 

 eligible men of the former family shall have died or otherwise have 

 become ineligible. (25-XXV, TLL). 



48 If all the heirs of a Lordship title become extinct, and all 

 the families in the clan, then the title shall be given by the Lords 

 of the Confederacy to the family in a sister clan whom they shall 

 elect. (26-XXVI, TLL). 



49 If any of the ^oyaneh. women, heirs of a titleship, shall wil- 7 

 fully withhold a Lordship or other title and refuse to bestow it, or / 

 if such heirs abandon, forsake or despise their heritage, then shall 

 such women be deemed buried and their family extinct. The title- 

 ship shall then revert to a sister family or clan upon application and 

 complaint. The Lords of the Confederacy shall elect the family or 

 clan .which shall in future hold the title. (28-XXVIII, TLL). 



50 The Royaneh women of the Confederacy heirs of the Lord- 

 ship titles shall elect two women of their family as cooks for the 

 Lord when the people shall assemble at his house for business or 

 other purposes. 



It is not good nor honorable for a Confederate Lord to allow 

 his people whom he has called to go hungry. (62-LXII, TLL). 



51 When a Lord holds a conference in his home, his wife, if 

 she wishes, may prepare the food for the Union Lords who 

 assemble with him. This is an honorable right which she may ex- 

 ercise and an expression of her esteem. (38-XXXVIII, TLL). 



52 The Royaneh women, heirs of the Lordship titles, shall, 

 should it be necessary, correct and admonish the holders of their 

 titles. Those only who attend the Council may do this and those 



