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thing has been arranged satisfactorily, filings are made from a sword, 

 a spear, a musket "barrel and a stone, and a dog is killed, these 

 filings are then mixed with a part of its blood, and with the blood of a 

 hog and a fowl ; and the whole is put into a cup of water. This is 

 called the " peace-making water." Then the skull of the dog is 

 chopped in two, and one takes the lower jaw, and suspends it with 

 a string around his neck; the other party takes the part of the 

 skull containing the upper jaw, and hangs it around his neck in like 

 manner. They next take in hand the cup of " peace-making water," 

 and say ; " We will now make an end of the feud. Hereafter, we 

 will not attack each other ; we will not devour each other's property 

 any more, we will become brethren, we will marry into each other's 

 families. We will entertain no hatred, no malice ; we will not 

 backbite each other, but we will be happy in each other down to the 

 generations of our children and grandchildren ; and our children 

 shall not quarrel, but live in harmony." "If you agree to this," 

 says each party addressing the other, "and will agree to live in 

 accordance with this agreement for ever, unto the generations of our 

 children and grandchildren, then drink of the peace-making water." 



After drinking they say : " Now that we have made peace, if any one 

 breaks the engagement, if he does not act truly, but goes to war again 

 and stirs up the feud again, may the spear eat his breast, the musket 

 his bowels, the sword his head ; may the dog devour him, may the 

 hog devour him, may the stone devour him ! When he drinks 

 whiskey, may it become in him the water that oozes from a dead body, 

 when he eats the flesh of a hog may that hog become the hog of his 

 funeral rites." 



After these imprecations, they drink again, and the captives are 

 dismissed. 



As they go away a salute of muskets is fired, and a shower of 

 arrows is sent after them, typical of the power of the dismissing 

 party. 



Treaty of Peace. — Sometimes when there have been feuds between 

 different villages, and the inhabitants have settled their difficulties, 

 both villages assemble together, and enter into a treaty of peace. 

 Having selected a large and durable tree for a witness, they assemble 

 around it, and each party cuts a deep notch in the tree. When the 



