When any of their kings, either by death, or deposition, made a vacancy in the regal office, the whole nation was immediately convened for the appointment of a successor.

In these national conventions were the regal offices conferred.

Every individual had a voice on the occasion, and every individual was free.

The person upon whom the general approbation appeared to fall, was immediately advanced to pre-eminence in the state.

He was uniformly one, whose actions had made him eminent; whose conduct had gained him previous applause; whose valour the very assembly, that elected him, had themselves witnessed in the field; whose prudence, wisdom and justice, having rendered him signally serviceable, had endeared him to his tribe.