[62] Abreu de Galindo, History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands, p. 66.
[63] Hanoteau and Letourneux, La Kabylie, ii. 76.
[64] Hourst, Sur le Niger et au pays des Touaregs, p. 223 sq.
[65] Thomson, Through Masai Land, p. 177.
[66] Hinde, The Last of the Masai, p. 6, n.*
[67] Baker, Albert N’yanza, i. 355.
[68] Casalis, op. cit. p. 223 sq. For regard paid to women, old people, and children in war, see also Richardson, Arctic Searching Expedition, i. 367 (Western Eskimo); Catlin, North American Indians, ii. 240; Azara, Voyages, ii. 145 (Payaguas).
Sometimes custom even requires that the life of the captive shall be spared.
It is against Masai tradition to kill prisoners of war.[69] Among the Kabyles “il faut que l’exaspération des partis soit extrême pour qu’un blessé ou un prisonnier soit mis à mort.”[70] The Touareg do not kill their prisoners after a fight.[71] Among the Bedouins of the Euphrates “the person of the enemy is sacred when disarmed or dismounted; and prisoners are neither enslaved nor held to other ransom than their mares.”[72] “Captives,” says Mr. Dorsey, “were not slain by the Omahas and Ponkas. When peace was declared the captives were sent home, if they wished to go. If not they could remain where they were, and were treated as if they were members of the tribe.”[73] Among the Wyandots prisoners of war were frequently adopted into the tribe. “The warrior taking the prisoner has the first right to adopt him. If no one claims the prisoner for this purpose, he is caused to run the gauntlet as a test of his courage. If at his trial he behaves manfully claimants are not wanting, but if he behaves disgracefully he is put to death.”[74]
[69] Hinde, op. cit. p. 64.