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64 At the ceremony of the installation of Lords if there is only- 

 one expert speaker and singer of the law and the Pacification Hymn 

 to stand at the council fire, then when this speaker and singer has 

 finished addressing one side of the fire he shall go to the opposite 

 side and reply to his own speech and song. He shall thus act for 

 both sides of the fire until the entire ceremony has been completed. 

 Such a speaker and singer shall be termed the " Two Faced " 

 because he speaks and sings for both sides of the fire. (XLIX-49, 

 TLL). 



65 I, Dekanawida, and the Union Lords, now uproot the tallest 

 pine tree and into the cavity thereby made we cast all weapons of 

 war. Into the depths of the earth, down into the deep underearth 

 currents of water flowing to unknown regions we cast all the 

 weapons of strife. We bury them from sight and we plant again 

 the tree. Thus shall the Great Peace be established and hostilities 

 shall no longer be known between the Five Nations but peace to 

 the United People. 



Laws of adoption 



66 The father of a child of great comliness, learning, ability or 

 specially loved because of some circumstance may, at the will of 

 the child's clan, select a name from his own (the father's) clan 

 and bestow it by ceremony, such as is provided. This naming 

 shall be only temporary and shall be called, "A name hung about 

 the neck." (XII-96, EUC). 



67 Should any person, a member of the Five Nations' Confed- 

 eracy, specially esteem a man or a woman of another clan or of a 

 foreign nation, he may choose a name and bestow it upon that 

 person so esteemed. The naming shall be in accord with the cere- 

 mony of bestowing names. Such a name is only a temporary one 

 and shall be called "A name hung about the neck." A short string 

 of shells shall be delivered with the name as a record and a pledge. 

 (XIV-97, EUC). 



68 Should any member of the Five Nations, a family or person 

 belonging to a foreign nation submit a proposal for adoption into 

 a clan of one of the Five Nations, he or they shall furnish a string 

 of shells, a span in length, as a pledge to the clan into which he or 

 they wish to be adopted. The Lords of the nation shall then con- 

 sider the proposal and submit a decision. (XXI-104, EUC). 



69 Any member of the Five Nations who through esteem or 

 other feeling wishes to adopt an individual, a family or number of 

 families may offer adoption to him or them and if accepted the 



