History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan by Andrew J. Blackbird
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page 106 of 140 (75%)
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9th. Hold thy peace, and answer not back, when thy father or thy mother
or any aged person should chastise thee for thy wrong. 10th. Thou shalt never tell a falsehood to thy parents, nor to thy neighbors, but be always upright in thy words and in thy dealings with thy neighbors. 11th. Thou shalt not steal anything from thy neighbor, nor covet anything that is his. 12th. Thou shalt always feed the hungry and the stranger. 13th. Thou shalt keep away from licentiousness and all other lascivious habits, nor utter indecent language before thy neighbor and the stranger. 14th. Thou shalt not commit murder while thou art in dispute with thy neighbor, unless it be whilst on the warpath. 15th. Thou shalt chastise thy children with the rod whilst they are in thy power. 16th. Thou shalt disfigure thy face with charcoals, and fast at least ten days or more of each year, whilst thou are yet young, or before thou reachest twenty, that thou mayest dream of thy future destiny. 17th. Thou shalt immerse thy body into the lake or river at least ten days in succession in the early part of the spring of the year, that thy body may be strong and swift of foot to chase the game and on the warpath. |
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