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which they have been accufed^ All the 
huts had been carried away, and their efFedls 
and domeftic animals had followed them. 
The children, and, failing them^ the neareft 
relations of the deceafedj take pofleffion of 
whatever is left ; but the quality of a chief 
is not hereditary. He is always appointed 
by the horde, and his power is limited. 
Though pofleffed of power fufficlent to en-« 
able him to do good to whomfoever he 
pleafes, he has no power to do hurt; he 
bears no external mark of diftinftion, and 
enjoys no privilege above others, except that 
of being cxeppted from going in his turn^ 
according to cuftom, to keep the flocks in 
the fields. In their councils, his advice pre- 
vails, if it be judged good ; if not, no regard 
is paid to it. When they are about to go to 
war, they know neither rank nor diviiionSj 
neither generals nor captains j, all are either 
foldiers or colonels* Each attacks or de- 
fends after his own manner ; the mofl: in- 
trepid march in the van j and, when viftory 
declares itfelf, they do not beftow upon one 
man the honour of an aftion which has 
proved fuccefsful by the courage of all: it 
is the whole nation that triumph. 
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