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enter into an agreement and compact by which the foreign nation 

 shall endeavor to pursuade other nations to accept the Great 

 Peace. (XLVI-46, TLL). 



Rights and powers of war 



79 Skanawatih shall be vested with a double office, duty and 

 with double authority. One-half of his being shall hold the Lord- 

 ship title and the other half shall hold the title of War Chief. 

 In the event of war he shall notify the five War Chiefs of the 

 Confederacy and command them to prepare for war and have their 

 men ready at the appointed time and place for engagement with 

 the enemy of the Great Peace. (I-70, SPW). 



80 When the Confederate Council of the Five Nations has for 

 its object the establishment of the Great Peace among the people 

 of an outside nation and that nation refuses to accept the Great 

 Peace, then by such refusal they bring a declaration of war upon 

 themselves from the Five Nations. Then shall the Five Nations 

 seek to establish the Great Peace by a conquest of the rebellious 

 nation. (II-71, SPW). 



81 When the men of the Five Nations, now called forth to be- 

 come warriors, are ready for battle with an obstinate opposing 

 nation that has refused to accept the Great Peace, then one of the 

 five War Chiefs shall be chosen by the warriors of the Five 

 Nations to lead the army into battle. It shall be the duty of the 

 War Chief so chosen to come before his warriors and address 

 them. His aim shall be to impress upon them the necessity of good 

 behavior and strict obedience to all the commands of the War 

 Chiefs. He shall deliver an oration exhorting them with great 

 zeal to be brave and courageous and never to be guilty of 

 cowardice. At the conclusion of his oration he shall march for- 

 ward and commence the War Song and he shall sing: 



Now I am greatly surprised 

 And, therefore, I shall use it, — ■ 

 The power of my War Song. 



I am of the Five Nations 

 And I shall make supplication 

 To the Almighty Creator. 

 He has furnished this army. 

 My warriors shall be mighty 



