THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIVE NATIONS 41 



Election of Pine Tree chiefs 



35 Should any man of the Nation assist with special ability or 

 show great interest in the affairs of the Nation, if he proves him- 

 self wise, honest and worthy of confidence, the Confederate Lords 

 may elect him to a seat with them and he may sit in the Confed- 

 erate Council. He shall be proclaimed a Pine Tree sprung up for 

 the Nation and be installed as such at the next assembly for the 

 installation of Lords. Should he ever do anything contrary to 

 the rules of the Great Peace, he may not be deposed from office — 

 no one shall cut him down 1 — but thereafter everyone shall be deaf 

 to his voice and his advice. Should he resign his seat and title 

 no one shall prevent him. A Pine Tree chief has no authority to 

 name a successor nor is his title hereditary. (LXVIII-68, TLL). 



Names, duties and rights of war chiefs 



36 The title names of the Chief Confederate Lords' War Chiefs 

 shall be : 



Ayonwaehs, War Chief under Lord Takarihoken (Mohawk) 

 Kahonwahdironh, War Chief under Lord Odatshedeh (Oneida) 

 Ayendes, War Chief under Lord Adodarhoh (Onondaga) 

 Wenenhs, War Chief under Lord Dekaenyonh (Cayuga) 

 Shoneradowaneh, War Chief under Lord Skanyadariyo (Seneca) 



The women heirs of each head Lord's title shall be the heirs of 

 the War Chief's title of their respective Lord. (52-LII, TLL). 



The War Chiefs shall be selected from the eligible sons of the 

 female families holding the head Lordship titles. (53-LIII, TLL). 



37 There shall be one War Chief for each Nation and their 

 duties shall be to carry messages for their Lords and to take up 

 the arms of war in case of emergency. They shall not participate 

 in the proceedings of the Confederate Council but shall watch its 

 progress and in case of an erroneous action by a Lord they shall 

 receive the complaints of the people and convey the warnings of 

 the women to him. The people "who wish to convey messages to 

 the Lords in the Confederate Council shall do so through the War 

 Chief of their Nation. It shall ever be his duty to lay the cases, 

 questions and propositions of the people before the Confederate 

 Council. (54-LIV, TLL). 



38 When a War Chief dies another shall be installed by the same 

 rite as that by which a Lord is installed. (56-LVI, TLL). 



1 Because, " his top branches pierce the sky and if his roots are cut he will 

 not fall but hang upright before the people." 



