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adulterer - or they go together as they have decreed. They apprehend the offenders - beat them severely with sticks and then crop them. They cut off the hair of the woman, which they carry to the square in triumph. If they apprehend but one of the offenders & the other escapes, they then go and take satisfaction from the nearest relation. If both the offenders escape, and the tribe of family return home and lay down the sticks, the crime is satisfied. There is one family only, the "wind ("Ho,'tul ul, gee) - They can take up the sticks a second time. This crime is satisfied another way. If the parties offending absolve themselves till the Boos,ke,tuh is over; then all crimes are done away except murder. And the bare mention of them, or any occurrence which brings them in recollection, is forbidden. Murder. If murder is committed, the family and tribe alone have the right of taking satisfaction. They collect, consult, & decree. The rulers of the town, or the nation, have nothing to do or say in the business. The relations of the murdered person consult, first among themselves, and if the case is clear or their family or tribe are more likely to suffer by their decision, they determine on the case definitively. When the tribe may be affected by it, in a doubtful case, or an old claim for satisfaction, the family then consult with their tribe; and when they have deliberated and resolved on satisfaction,