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had an A, tsi, nu, sti, or Messenger, in attendance, who received from the Ti, Ku, no, tsu, li, ski, or Speaker, a stick of about six inches long, with a string of white beads wound closely around it from end to end; ____ and some tobacco; ____ which last was given to the head men of the town to smoke, while, with the rest of the inhabitants, duly convened for the purpose, they listened to the report of their A, tsi, nu, sti, or messenger; The beads, probably were emblems of authority; as it appears that this same A, tsi, nu, sti was also empowered to convey the permission to which we have adverted for the local celebration of either one or both of the Green Corn Festivals; and the manner of doing this was as follows:

    Having made the report of the proceedings of the National Council the A, tsi, nu, sti, or messenger, ____ proclaimed the day on which the Supreme Power had decreed the Festival to be held; and he nominated a person to be A, tsi, nu, sti in his place, and to superintend the arrangements for the celebration in that particular town. This done, he took the beads from the stick, ____ wound them round a staff from end to end, _____ and, _____ going out, called aloud "A, tsi, nu, sti!" when the A, tri, nu, sti, or Messenger elect, arose, singing 
                                                  Sti ta ka ni
                                                  Sti ta ka ne He?
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