Fig. 174.—Record of treaty.
The figure on the left, holding a flag, represents the Ojibwa chief, while that on the right denotes the chief acting on the part of the Assinaboins. The latter holds in his left hand the pipe which was used in the preliminaries, and smoke is seen issuing from the mouth of the Assinaboin. He also holds in his right hand the drum used as an accompaniment to the songs.
The Ojibwa holds a flag used as an emblem of peace.
A considerable number of pictographic records of treaties are presented in different parts of the present work (see under the headings of Wampum, Chap. ix, [Sec. 3]; Notices, Chap. [xi]; History, Chap. [xvi]; Winter Counts, Chap. x, Sec. [2]).
SECTION 7.
APPOINTMENT.
Le Page Du Pratz (b) says in describing the council of conspiracy which resulted in the Natchez war of 1729:
An aged councillor advised that after all the nations had been informed of the necessity of taking this violent action, each one should receive a bundle of sticks, all containing an equal number, and which were to mark the number of days to pass before that on which they were all to strike at once; that in order to guard against any mistake it would be necessary to take care to extract one stick every day and to break it and throw it away; a man of wisdom should be charged with this duty. All the old men approved of his advice and it was adopted.
Père Nicholas Perrot (a) says: