Iroquois Nations

I am Dekanawidah and with the Five Nations' Confederate

Lords I plant the Tree of Great Peace. I plant it in your

territory, Adodarhoh, and the Onondaga Nation, in the territory

of you who are Firekeepers.

I name the tree the Tree of the Great Long Leaves. Under

the shade of this Tree of the Great Peace we spread the soft

white feathery down of the globe thistle as seats for you,

Adodarhoh, and your cousin Lords.

We place you upon those seats, spread soft with the

feathery down of the globe thistle, there beneath the shade of

the spreading branches of the Tree of Peace. There shall you

sit and watch the Council Fire of the Confederacy of the Five

Nations, and all the affairs of the Five Nations shall be

transacted at this place before you, Adodarhoh, and your cousin

Lords, by the Confederate Lords of the Five Nations.

2. Roots have spread out from the Tree of the Great Peace,

one to the north, one to the east, one to the south and one to

the west. The name of these roots is The Great White Roots and

their nature is Peace and Strength.

If any man or any nation outside the Five Nations shall

obey the laws of the Great Peace and make known their

disposition to the Lords of the Confederacy, they may trace the

Roots to the Tree and if their minds are clean and they are

obedient and promise to obey the wishes of the Confederate

Council, they shall be welcomed to take shelter beneath the

Tree of the Long Leaves.

We place at the

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