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In the strength of the Creator.^ 

 Between him and my song they are 

 For it was he who gave the song 

 This war song that I sing! 



(III-72, SPW). 



82 When the warriors of the Five Nations are on an expedition 

 against an enemy, the War Chief shall sing the War Song as he 

 approaches the country of the enemy and not cease until his scouts 

 have reported that the army is near the enemies' lines when the 

 War Chief shall approach with great caution and prepare for the 

 attack. (IV-73, SPW). 



83 When peace shall have been established by the termination 

 of the war against a foreign nation, then the War Chief shall cause 

 all the weapons of war to be taken from the nation. Then shall the 

 Great Peace be established and that nation shall observe all the 

 rules of the Great Peace for all time to come. (V-74, SPW). 



84 Whenever a foreign nation is conquered or has by their own 

 will accepted the Great Peace their own system of internal govern- 

 ment may continue, but they must cease all warfare against other 

 nations. (VI-75, SPW). 



85 Whenever a war against a foreign nation is pushed until that 

 nation is about exterminated because of its refusal to accept the 

 Great Peace and if that nation shall by its obstinacy become ex- 

 terminated, all their rights, property and territory shall become the 

 property of the Five Nations. (VII-76, SPW). 



86 Whenever a foreign nation is conquered and the survivors 

 are brought into the territory of the Five Nations' Confederacy 

 and placed under the Great Peace the two shall be known as the 

 Conqueror and the Conquered. A symbolic relationship shall be 

 devised and be placed in some symbolic position. The conquered 

 nation shall have no voice in the councils of the Confederacy in 

 the body of the Lords. (VIII-77, SPW). 



87 When the War of the Five Nations on a foreign rebellious 

 nation is ended, peace shall be restored to that nation by a with- 

 drawal of all their weapons of war by the War Chief of the Five 

 Nations. When all the terms of peace shall have been agreed upon 

 a state of friendship shall be established. (IX-78, SPW). 



^ It will be recalled that when the Eries demanded by what cower the Five 

 Nations demanded their surrender, the Iroquois replied "The Master of Life 

 fights for us ! " 



