man who remained in the village must go to ransom his partner,
with half of the ransom-price agreed upon; and the captive was then
released from liability--not only for what was due to the partnership,
but for the amount which was afterward given for his ransom, and was
not obliged to pay anything. If the man who lost the money lost it in
gambling, or by spending it with women, he was obliged to repay to the
partnership the amount which he had drawn therefrom, and he and his
children were obliged to pay it. If the amount were so great that they
could not pay it within the time agreed upon, he and half his children
would become the slaves of the partner. If there were two children,
one was a slave and the other was free; if four, two were slaves,
and two free; and so on with any larger number. If the children were
able to pay their father's debt afterward, they were set free.

It was a law that he who killed another must die; but if he begged for
mercy he would become the slave of the dead man's father, children, or
nearest relatives. If four or five men were concerned in the murder,
they all paid to the master of the slave the price which the slave
might be worth; and then the judge sentenced them to such punishment
as he thought just. If the men had not means to pay the fine, they
became slaves. If the dead man were a timagua, the penalty of death
was incurred by those who were proved to be his murderers; but if
the condemned men begged for mercy they became slaves. Accordingly,
after they were sentenced the culprit might choose between death and
slavery. If the man slain were a chief, the entire village where he
was slain must, when that was proved, become slaves, those who were
most guilty being first put to death. If the murderers were private
persons only, three or four of the most guilty were put to death,
without any resource in mercy; and the rest, with their children,
became slaves.

When any person entered the house of a chief by night, against
the will of the owner, he incurred the death penalty. It was their
custom that when such an offender was caught he was first tortured,
to ascertain whether any other chief had sent him. If he confessed
that he had been thus sent, he was punished by enslavement; and he
who had sent him incurred the death penalty, but might be released
therefrom by paying a certain amount of gold for the crime.

He who committed adultery was, if he were one of the chiefs, punished
with