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rank to his son; but the power and preslifi'e attached to tlie position 
varied with the individual. There was no chief for a whole tribe, 
still less a leader who could unify the entire nation. 
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Ojiljwji in front of tlioii' Iriiolt-lriirk Icnljio. (I*hoio hy T. W'i’stoiij 
The cliief of a band was jienerally, but not always, its war cap- 
tain. If he jilanned a raid against the Sioux or the Iroquois, the 
principal enemies of the Ojibwa, he first consulted his own followers, 
then sent either his personal lieutenant or a selected envoy with a 
pipe and tobacco to invite the ]>articipation of neighbouring; bands. 
The envoy delivei'ed his message to tlie assembled hunters, lit the 
pipe and handed it around the company. Those who were unwilling 
to join the war party passed it on without smoking; for no man who 
put it to his lips could refuse, without deep disgrace, to take part 
in the enterpi'ise. The Ojibwa were braver warriors than most of the 
eastern Algonkians, and preserved much stricter discipline on the 
marcli. They iiserl the same types of arms as their enemies — the 
bow and arrow, knobbed wooflen clul), knife, and a round shield 
covered with moosehide; and while the fighting lastecl tliey spared 
