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The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I — Passage 5
[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] o 'J'lic PoT'lrail of a Savage on a 1/oard in l/iriv ca/iiii on nliir/i l/i.ej/ ordinarily • paint, 7> ow often, ftehasfteen lowar.how many men hf.7iasla.hen a in/ /all i ' (7. THE IROQUOIS AND OTHER INDIAN TRIBES. 15 Stake to tie the prisoners. They place his leg between these two posts in the hollow of the larger — that is the two posts catch the leg above the ankle, and they afterwards join one to the other and tie them at a man's height — sometimes higher, so that it is impossible to withdraw the foot without untying the cords.