unnecessary aggression that may endanger his tribe Giving gifts to strangers or other chiefs is highly thought of; and although bravery should be supposed a necessary essential to a chief, the other qualities are the most highly though of. The claims of natives to the forests are distinctly defined; and even the trees of the forest are claimed by respective owners. The cutting of trees for a canoe must be on the land owned by the person making it, or else he may be cut up by the owner of the tree, if his permission was not previously asked. It is customary