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108 P. 27. 110 sunset either to consult on matters of war, or to commemorate? a chief captain, or other war officer. Other seats, beside the above white seats, were introduced?. That is, the same kind of seats, prepared in the same manner & set in the same order were unclear occupied by the war counsillors, as by the civil, only the latter were painted red instead of white and placed immediately before the others, as in the following ^or accompanying representation. The space between the posts and roof, or outside of the posts, in a war council, was occupied by young or common warriors, as also between the seats and the east side of the house, only the passage to the door must always be open. The space also between the semicircular seats, & the fire unclear The whole space surrounded or occupied by the seats was sacred & must not be approached by a common person, in ?me? of council. (see But to return to the war priest, as I said before, previous to marching, he collected the warriors into the council house. He then took a post, about three feet long, painted red, and set it between the white seats & the door, i.e. just before the principal white seat. The upper end of this he covered with a fawn skin, and on the fawn skin set his diamond stone. Then standing between the post and the door, with his face toward the diamond, and also toward the holy ark, on a shelf of the sacred post, he prayed to be directed in regard to determine what persons might go in safty to the war & who would be killed if they went, and then prayed that all might be shielded from the weapons of their enemies. Having done this he ordered the warriors to march round the red post, going between that and the white seats. The diamond, it is said, then began to sparkle and send forth a brilliant light, so that a bright light as large as a quarter, or half dollar, light on each warrior as he passed the post, except such as would be killed in the war in case they went. Or those ? light was reflected & of course they were dismissed & sent home. The Ark, (containing the new fire), the diamond & other sacred things were put into a deer skin, and carried by the priest or his right hand man. The red post, the fawn skin, &c. were taken along. But previous to starting, The warriors were rubbed all over with the juice of a certain root, to defend them from the weapons of their antagonists, yet, if after this any one had any sexual intercourse with women the medicine lost all its virtue, and he was easily killed in battle. The order of march, I cannot certainly determine, yet probably the three most distinguished officers & their attendants went forward. These were the captain of the post, or great war chief, sometimes