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This annual festival is celebrated in the months of July or August. The precise time is fixed by the Micco and Counsellors & is sooner or later, as the State of the affairs of the town, or the early or late [[ness?]] of their corn, will [[unclear]] for it. In [[Cussetuh | This annual festival is celebrated in the months of July or August. The precise time is fixed by the Micco and Counsellors & is sooner or later, as the State of the affairs of the town, or the early or late [[ness?]] of their corn, will [[unclear]] for it. In [[Cussetuh (Cusseta)]] this ceremony lasts for 8 days. In some towns of less note it is but 4 days. | ||
First Day | First Day | ||
In the morning the warriors clean the yard of the square & sprinkle white sand where the [[Acee?]] of decoction of the Cassine Yupon is made. The firemaker -- he makes the fire as early in the morning as he can, by friction. The warriors cut & bring into the square four logs as long each as a man can extend his two arms. These are placed in the entre of the Square, and to end, forming a cross, the outer ends pointed to the Cardinal Points. In the center of the cross the new fire is made, during the first four days, they burn out | In the morning the warriors clean the yard of the square & sprinkle white sand where the [[Acee?]] of decoction of the Cassine Yupon is made. The firemaker -- he makes the fire as early in the morning as he can, by friction. The warriors cut & bring into the square four logs as long each as a man can extend his two arms. These are placed in the entre of the Square, and to end, forming a cross, the outer ends pointed to the Cardinal Points. In the center of the cross the new fire is made, during the first four days, they burn out these four logs. | ||
The pine bun gau (turkey dance) is danced by the women of the turkey tribe, and while they are dancing, the possau is brewed -- this is a powerful emetic -- the possau is drank from 12 o'clock to the middle of the afternoon. After this, the Toe, co, yul, egau (tadpole) is danced by four men & four women. In the evening the men dance Ene, hau, bun, gau (the dace of the people second in command) This they dance till day light. | |||
Revision as of 22:28, 27 July 2020
Boos, ke, tau
This annual festival is celebrated in the months of July or August. The precise time is fixed by the Micco and Counsellors & is sooner or later, as the State of the affairs of the town, or the early or late ness? of their corn, will unclear for it. In Cussetuh (Cusseta) this ceremony lasts for 8 days. In some towns of less note it is but 4 days.
First Day
In the morning the warriors clean the yard of the square & sprinkle white sand where the Acee? of decoction of the Cassine Yupon is made. The firemaker -- he makes the fire as early in the morning as he can, by friction. The warriors cut & bring into the square four logs as long each as a man can extend his two arms. These are placed in the entre of the Square, and to end, forming a cross, the outer ends pointed to the Cardinal Points. In the center of the cross the new fire is made, during the first four days, they burn out these four logs.
The pine bun gau (turkey dance) is danced by the women of the turkey tribe, and while they are dancing, the possau is brewed -- this is a powerful emetic -- the possau is drank from 12 o'clock to the middle of the afternoon. After this, the Toe, co, yul, egau (tadpole) is danced by four men & four women. In the evening the men dance Ene, hau, bun, gau (the dace of the people second in command) This they dance till day light.