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The Great war chief had a speaker, a messenger, and seven counsellors.
He wore himself the eagle feather painted red as badge of distinction, + while his seven counsellors and speakers had something round ??xiously wro? with two small

eagle feathers, painted red, fastened to This was attached to the tuft of hair left on the crown. The messenger was distinguished by his staff

When a messenger died, or became superanuated, great chief nominated a successor. On his accepting the office, a large congregation assembled in the council house, at

an appointed time, and an officer, under the direction of the great warrior, taking a staff three feet long, wound from end to end with a long strand of beads, went into the council house yard and cried? about two or three times A tsi nu sti, a tsi nu sti. The candidate them went to the officer, - took the staff, - put it over his shoulder, and started on a slow trot round the council house, singing, hi ta ka ni ha &c. And then gui ha ya wi ha till he came to the place from whence he started, and then exclaimed aloud, Naskigo. to which all shouted waweh +

As soon as circumstances called the young chief into service, he called a council. The counsellors, civil & military being on the seats, the old war chief, stepped back to the

west circle of the council house, or to the treasure house on the west side of the council house, and brought forward his bow, -arrows -quiver, helmet, shield, and bracelet all painted red and delivered them to his successor, charging him to take care of his warriors The bracelet (if we may call it so) for the left arm, to prevent the bow string from hurting it, was made of buffalo skin painted red. The helmet was of the thickest buffalo skin, three inches wide, going round the head. The upper edge of this was stuck thick with feathers painted red.