about it with his brother, the Beaver.

K. Council for affairs of state.

M. The Bear. N. The Council fire. 0. The Tortoise; so of the other tribes, each ranges at its own side. P. Canoe going to war.

Q. Paddles. They know hereby how many men there are in the canoe, because they place as many paddles as there are men. Over these is painted the animal of the tribe to which they belong.

R. The Canoe. S.

This is a man returning from hunting who has slept two nights on the hunting ground and

killed three does; for when they are bucks, they add their antlers.

What is on his back, is his bundle. T. Deer's head. This is the way they paint them. V. This is the manner they mark the time they have been hunting.

Each mark or rather each

bar is a day. Y. Fashion of painting the dead; the two first are men and the third is a woman who is distinguished only by the waistcloth that she has.

As regards the dead, they inter them with all they have. When it is a man they paint red calumets, calumets of peace on the tomb; some times they plant a stake on which they paint how often

Three or four miles.

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THE IROQUOIS AND OTHER INDIAN TRIBES.

he has been in battle; how many prisoners he has taken; the post ordinarily is only four or five feet high and much embellished. a.

These are punctures on his body.