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Confederacy, such a nation or such nations shall be deemed guilty 

 of treason and called enemies of the Confederacy and the Great 

 Peace. 



It shall then be the duty of the Lords of the Confederacy who 

 remain faithful to resolve to warn the offending people. They shall 

 be warned once and if a second warning is necessary they shall be 

 driven from the territory of the Confederacy by the War Chiefs 

 and his men. (III-86, EUC). 



Rights of the people of the Five Nations 



93 Whenever a specially important matter or a great emergency 

 is presented before the Confederate Council and the nature of the 

 matter affects the entire body of Five Nations, threatening their 

 utter ruin, then the Lords of the Confederacy must submit the 

 matter to the decision of their people and the decision of the people 

 shall affect the decision of the Confederate Council. This decision 

 shall be a confirmation of the voice of the people. (XV-84, SPW). 



94 The men of every clan of the Five Nations shall have a Coun- 

 cil Fire ever burning in readiness for a council of the clan. When 

 it seems necessary for a council to be held to discuss the welfare 

 of the clans, then the men may gather about the fire. This council 

 shall have the same rights as the council of the women. (V-88, 

 EUC). 



95 The women of every clan of the Five Nations shall have a 

 Council Fire ever burning in readiness for a council of the clan. 

 When in their opinion it seems necessary for the interest of the 

 people they shall hold a council and their decision and recommenda- 

 tion shall be introduced before the Council of Lords by the War 

 Chief for its consideration. (IY-87, EUC). 



96 All the Clan council fires of a nation or of the Five Nations 

 may unite into one general council fire, or delegates from all the 

 council fires may be appointed to unite in a general council for 

 discussing the interests of the people. The people shall have the 

 right to make appointments and to delegate their power to others 

 of their number. When their council shall have come to a con- 

 clusion on any matter, their decision shall be reported to the Coun- 

 cil of the Nation or to the Confederate Council (as the case may 

 require) by the War Chief or the War Chiefs. (VI-89, EUC). 



97 Before the real people united their nations, each nation had 

 its council fires. Before the Great Peace their councils were held. 

 The five Council Fires shall continue to burn as before and they 



