it 2 Jn H^oriml Jowrnal of 



^7; woman's Side ; fo that at the Death of the 

 - Çhiefj^ it is not his Son that fucceeds him, but his Sifter's Son ; 

 ix^ Cafe of Failure of fuch, the neareft Relation by the Fe* 

 S^g,îe Line. If a whole Branch happens to be e:i;tin6l, the 

 lapbleil Matron of a Tribe chufes the Perlpn Ihe likes bçH^ and 

 4ecla,res him Çhief. 



'^'h.ey mull be of an Age fit to govern ; a^d if the hereditary 



^ - - - who has all the Authority, but wha exercifes 



|| in, t^he Name of the Minor. In general, thefe Chiefs do not 

 ç^çejve ^ny great Marks of Refped ; and if they are alv/ay& 

 (^j^0;ed, it is becaufe they know how far their Com,mands will 

 |i.ave Force. It is trne alfo, that they entreat or propofe, rather 

 ^h%n com^mand, and that they never exceed the Bounds of the 

 littile Authority they have. Thus it is Reafon that governs ; 

 %î^d; the Government is the more efFeéluaî, as the Obedience is 

 Bio3:ç voluntary, and that thei-e is no Fear of its degenerating 

 Into. Tyranny. 



Befides this, every Family has a Right to chufe themfelves 

 Of the ATJ ^ Counfeilor> or an Affiliant to the Chiefs 

 MnU or Com ^''^^^ watch over theix* Interefts, and 



^ .fîj , ouur without whofe Advice the Chief can under- 

 jcjqrs^-^ take nothing. Thefe Counfellors are efpe- 



çi^lly obliged to take Care of the public Treafure, and it 

 i|>jelongs to them to direél hov/ it is to be employed • The firft 

 ]^:$ception of them into this Ofiice, is in a general Council ; but 

 th^ey do not give Notice of this to their Allies, as they do in the 

 ElçAio^ or Inftallation of a Chief.- -^ - ^- J n the Huron- Nations, the 

 'WDH;ien name the Counfellors, and they often chufe Perfons of 

 ^heii: own Sex. 



fWs Body of Counfellors, or Affifcants^ is the iirft of all : 

 r>r L n J ^ 'T^^ fécond is that of the Elders ; that is t& 

 àhilA f'^y^ ^^"^ attained the Age of 



* . 'Maturity. I could never learn cxaaiy what 

 this Age is* The laft is that of the Warriors : It comprehends 

 that are able to bear Arms. This Body has often at its 

 ^e^d the Chief of the Nation, cr of the Village ; but he muft 

 l^aye diftinguilhed himfelf firR by fome brave Adion > otherwifc 

 i^^ i;s obliged to ferve as a Subaltern \- that" is te fay ^ as a com* 

 ^Soldier, for there is no other Rank in the Armies of the 



^ A, great Party niay indeed have feveral Chiefs, becaufe they 

 7 Tjrr g^^^ this Title to all thofe who have ever 

 Wm Wcm commanded; but they are not the lefs fub. 

 ^W'^ jea to the Commander of the Party, a Kind 



# General without Charafter, without real Authority, who can. 

 ... ... . . ■ ; _ ^ neither 



