With this one, we now clear emotions of hatred toward each other so that we can do our business. The last wampums assure that we will put our minds together as one and think clearly for the kind of life we will create for future generations. As with the U.S. Senate and the House, some issues arise in one house and go to another in accordance with the Great Law. The concept of two houses and a judiciary existed in the North American forest before Columbus set sail for the New World. The Five Nations' Constitution recognized that law is what is important.
Humans come and go, but the law stays and provides means for people to negotiate their freedom.
All peoples of the world can gather under a law, thinking about the future. The French encountered this thinking when Champlain came down the shore of Lake Champlain. Before the Mohawks ever said a word to the French, the French opened fire with a volley of musketry. The Iroquois went to them and asked what all the shooting was about. We came here for the furs.