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Body is in fome Sort the Slave of thofe who command, all the 

 Honours of the Dead are for thofe who do fo, efpecially for 

 the Great Chief, and the Woman Chief. 



Treaties of Peace and Alliances are made with great Pomp, 

 Of Treaties Great Chief on thefe Occafions al- 



* ways fupports his Dignity like a true So- 

 vereign. As foon as he is informed of the Day of the Arrival 

 of the AmbafTadors, he gives his Orders to the Mailers of the 

 Ceremonies, for the Preparations for their Reception, and names 

 thofe who are by Turns to maintain thefe Envoys ; for it is at 

 the Coil: of his Subjefts, that he defrays the Expences of the 

 EmbafTage. The Day of the Entry of the AmbafTadors, every one 

 has his Place affigned him according to his Rank ; and when the 

 AmbafTadors are come within five hundred Paces of the Great 

 Chief, they flop, and fing the Song of Peace. 



Commonly the EmbafTy is compofed of thirty Men and fix 

 Women. Six of the bell Voices march at the Head of this 

 Train and fing aloud, the reft foUov/, and the Cbichicoue ferves to 

 regulate the Time. When the Great Chief makes Signs to the 

 AmbafTadors to approach, they renew their March : Thofe who 

 carry the Calumet, dance as they fing, and turn themfelves on 

 every Side, with many Motions, and make a great many Gri- 

 maces and Contorfions. They renew the fame Tricks round 

 about the Great Chief when they are come near him ; then they 

 rub him with their Calumet from Head to Foot, and afterwards 

 go and rejoin their Company. 



Then they fill a Calumet witli Tobacco, and holding Fire in 

 Ho^v the Great Hand, they advance all together towards 

 Chief i^es Audi Great Chief, and prefent him the Calu- 



\,J^ P"^^^ I îTiet lighted. They fmoke with him, and 



dors. blow towards the Sky the firft WhifFof their 



Tobacco, th€ fécond towards the Earth, an^ 

 the third round about the Horizon. When they have done this, 

 they prefent their Calumets to the Relations of the Great Chief, 

 and the Subaltern Chiefs. Then they go and rub with their 

 Hands the Stomach of the Great Chief, aftej* which they rub 

 themfelves all over the Body ; and lailly, th^' lay their Calu- 

 mets on Forks over-againft the Great Chief, and the Orator 

 of the Embafiy begins his Speech, which lafts an Hour. 



When he has finiflied, they make Signs to the Ambafiadors, 

 who till now were (landing, to fit down on Benches placed for 

 them near the Great Chief, who anfwers their Difcourfe, and 

 fpeaks alfo a whole Hour. Then a Mafter of the Ceremonies 

 lights a great Calumet of Peace, and makes the AmbafTadors 

 fmoke in it, who fwallow the firfl Mouthful. Then the Great 

 Chief enq[uires after their Health, and all thofe who are prefent 



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