Assertion: clan mother | /r/CapableOf | launch mourning wars
Facets:
value: traditionally
type: OTHER
value: to take captives
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The clan mothers traditionally launched the "mourning wars" to take captives who would become Haudenosaunee by being adopted by a family to replace a family member who had died or alternatively be tortured to death, by announcing that a family was grieving because of a death of a family member and accused the young men in their villages of being cowards.