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The War Chief shall address the Lord guilty of murder and say : 



" So you, (giving his name) did kill 



(naming the slain man), with your own hands ! You have committed 

 a grave sin in the eyes of the Creator. Behold the bright light of 

 the Sun, and in the brightness of the Sun's light I depose you of 

 your title and remove the horns, the sacred emblems of your Lord- 

 ship title. I remove from your brow the deer's antlers, which was 

 the emblem of your position and token of your nobility. I now 

 depose you and expel you and you shall depart at once from the 

 territory of the Five Nations Confederacy and nevermore return 

 again. We, the Five Nations Confederacy, moreover, bury your 

 women relatives because the ancient Lordship title was never in- 

 tended to have any union with bloodshed. Henceforth it shall not 

 be their heritage. By the evil deed that you have done they have 

 forfeited it forever." 



The War Chief shall then hand the title to a sister family and he 

 shall address it and say : 



" Our mothers, , listen attentively while I address 



you on a solemn and important subject. I hereby transfer to you 

 an ancient Lordship title for a great calamity has befallen it in 

 the hands of the family of a former Lord. We trust that you, our 

 mothers, will always guard it, and that you will warn your Lord 

 always to be dutiful and to advise his people to ever live in love, 

 peace and harmony that a great calamity may never happen again." 

 (47-XLVII, TLL). 



21 Certain physical defects in a Confederate Lord make him in- 

 eligible to sit in the Confederate Council. Such defects are in- 

 fancy, idiocy, blindness, deafness, dumbness and impotency. When 

 a Confederate Lord is restricted by any of these conditions, a 

 deputy shall be appointed by his sponsors to act for him, but in 

 case of extreme necessity the restricted Lord may exercise his 

 rights. (29-XXIX, TLL). 



22 If a Confederate Lord desires to resign his title he shall 

 notify the Lords of the Nation of which he is a member of his in- 

 tention. If his coactive Lords refuse to accept his resignation he 

 may not resign his title. 



A Lord in proposing to resign may recommend any proper candi- 

 date which recommendation shall be received by the Lords, but 

 unless confirmed and nominated by the women who hold the title 

 the candidate so named shall not be considered. (31-XXXI, 

 TLL). 



