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of it stuck in the ground for the meat to cook. They never cook the meat entirely done on their march towards the enemy; as they conceive the more blood they eat, the more heroic and vicious they will be in battle.

     When the enemy is to be attacked the war budget is opened, and each person takes out his skin or corpenyomer which they fasten or tie a round their hips. 
     When they attack their enemy, they are generally naked except their britch cloth and moccasins. 
     Their bodies are painted in different colours, tho generally read (sic: red). After the action is over, each person surviving, returns his corpenyomer to the commander who takes the same skin that they were formerly wraped or folded in, and preserves them as before; he then gives it to the person that took the first scalp or prisoner, who leads the party home in triumph.  
    This is considered as a reccord of honor and bravery by the nation. 
                                       than one 
    Should there be more ^ of the enemy killed or taken prisoner, the person that takes the first prisoner or scalp receives from his nation the first honor. 
                                                                                       on a stake

When the party returns home, the war budget is hung ^ in front of the house or lodg where the person resides that carried it during their