The author used this analogy to show that the Iroquois Confederacy that the system they used was effective and equal everyone involved rather than just one entity (making them interconnected).
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Happy New Year My Dear Friend
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First Part
1: destroyed
2: landslide
3: traceless
4: caught
5: reports
6: density
7: damaged
8: psychics
9: fascinate