Iroquois of the Gandaouaguehaga Nation in Virginia.<br>Attouguen, war axe<br>This young man in my presence underwent his war test, by having some fingernails torn out and the tip of his nose cut if in triumph around the village, to show that he would endure bravely all the tortures that enemies would inflict on him if he were captured.
Louis Nicolas (1634 - ca. 1682)
<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/codex/026014-1100-f.html">http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/codex/026014-1100-f.html</a>