Note 472 — Chapter XXIX · 1763-1765. PONTIAC RALLIES THE WESTERN TRIBES.
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At all friendly meetings with Indians, it was customary for the latter, when the other party had sustained any signal loss, to commence by a formal speech of condolence, offering, at the same time, a black belt of wampum, in token of mourning. This practice may be particularly observed in the records of early councils with the Iroquois.