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me a silk garment on account of your death. You say you are bold, 

 you say you are fearless. You go the first, you return the last. 

 Therefore, if our enemies follow, and you run away and become 

 terrified, and anything happens to the people, you are responsible." He 

 closes with the declaration that he will prosecute the war till he 

 overcomes, whatever may be the resistance they meet. 



The troops then go off singing war songs, of which the following is 



a specimen. 



War Song. 

 I go to war, I am sent ; 

 I go to fight, I am sent. 

 Clothe me with the iron breastplate, 

 Give me the iron shield. 

 I am not strong, may I make myself strong, 

 I am weak, may I make myself powerful. 

 I go with a multitude, many persons : 

 We will go to the house, the foot of the steps : 

 AVe will fire muskets and holloa, 

 The people come with wives and children : 

 Unsheath the spear, draw the sword ; 

 Smite the neck, spear the side ; 

 The blood flows purple. 



I go to war, I am employed ; 

 I go to fight, I am employed. 

 Employer gave me whiskey to drink ; 

 I drank till I am dizzy. 

 We march in order, like white ants ; 

 We cross a stream, and trample it dry : 

 We arrive at the foot of the house, 

 We reach the foot of the ladder : 

 We go up into the bedrooms ; 

 Blood flows like a stream of water : 

 The blood flows down under the house. 

 The mother cries herself to death. 



The great hawk flies over the house, 

 Pounces down on the chief's red cock : 



