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And they, the lords, then said : " We shall now proceed to de- 

 fine the obligations and position of the lords of the Confederacy 

 as follows : 



" If a lord is found guilty of wilful murder, he shall be deposed 

 without the warning (as shall be provided for later on) by the lords 

 of the confederacy, and his horns (emblem of power) shall be 

 handed back to the chief matron of his family and clan. 



" If a lord is guilty of rape he shall be deposed without the usual 

 warning by the lords of the confederacy, and his horns (the em- 

 blem of power) shall be handed back to the chief matron of his 

 family and clan. 



" If a lord is found guilty of theft, he shall be deposed without 

 the usual warning by the lords of the confederacy and his horns 

 (the emblem of power) shall be handed back to the chief matron 

 of his family and clan. 



" If a lord is guilty of unwarrantably opposing the object of 

 decisions of the council and in that his own erroneous will in 

 these matters be carried out, he shall be approached and admonished 

 by the chief matron of his family and clan to desist from such evil 

 practices and she shall urge him to come back and act in harmony 

 with his brother lords. 



" If the lord refuses to comply with the request of the chief 

 matron of his family and clan and still persists in his evil prac- 

 tices of unwarrantably opposing his brother lords, then a warrior 

 of his family and clan will also approach him and admonish him 

 to desist from pursuing his evil course. 



" If the lord still refuses to listen and obey, then the chief matron 

 and warrior shall go together to the warrior and they shall inform 

 him that they have admonished their lord and he refused to obey. 

 Then the chief warrior will arise and go there to the lord and will 

 say to him : ' Your nephew and niece have admonished you to desist 

 from your evil course, and you have refused to obey/ Then the 

 chief warrior will say : ' I will now admonish you for the last time 

 and if you. continue to resist, refuse to accede and disobey this 

 request, then your duties as lord of our family and clan will cease, 

 and I shall take the deer's horns from off your head, and with a 

 broad edged stone axe I shall cut down the tree ' (meaning that 

 he shall be deposed from his position as lord or chief of the con- 

 federacy). Then, if the lord merits dismissal, the chief warrior 

 shall hand back the deer's horns (the emblem of power) of the 

 deposed lord to the chief matron of the family or clan." 



