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were, some of them so remote as not to be able to hear his voice, he raised the war whoop, which was immediately caught by all the warriors who heard it, and unclear echoed in every part of the town. Each warrior, on raising? the war whoop, started for the place of rendezvous, ie, the house of the above high officer; who, on their arrival, immediately sounded the war trumpet, and pitched? battle. But suppose another nation sent a chalenge to this unclear or declared war against him, On receiving the chalenge he consulted his privy council, and returned answer that he would meet the man or nation thus chalenging. He then immediately dispatched his runner to the highest war officer, who immediately started? his messenger, and thus runners were on the wing, night and day, till the whole nation was informed. Each officer, on receiving the message, and starting his runner to the next town, immediately called his warriors, either by speaking loudly or by the war whoop, and hastened to the national standard?. On arriving at headquarters all came under the general command of the chief captain, or captains of the unclear yet under him were officers of various grades, some over fifty, some over a hundred unclear. The warriors being collected, the chief officer addressed them, in effect as follows. "I see you all here. You have turned your feet toward the darkness, (dark scenes) but it was not because I wished it. Let us consider however, that if we conquer our enemies it will be because God fights for us; and if we return in safety, it will be because God preserves us. Therefore put your trust in God. The light is his, and He can make it light about you. The war flag being then hoisted, seven men from the first company stepped forward towards the fire, and one laid down a war club. Then the whole seven commenced the war song, the first verse of which was, yo we hi hi yo we ye, four times repeated. Having sung the first verse, one stepped forward, took up the war club, and marched back & forth with it, while the other raised the war whoop. And so on through the other six verses. This ceremony was performed by seven men successively out of each company; and then the war dance commenced. In this each warrior had his principal weapon raised in his right hand. All formed a circle round the fire, and war standard, led by the right hand