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58 But eminently the priest folded seven deer skins and placed them on a stool, and set his U lo sa ta or Diamond on them and prayed. Now if it ws to be healthy a bright blaze without a smoke appeared in the stone; but if not a smoky appearance would be observed in it, and just as many as were to die with the sickness would appear in the right side of it. Nutra wi The meat which had been distributed before noon by the seven shippers had been cooked and was now called for by the great speaker. The fleshy pieces had been pounded & boiled, and the bony pieces boiled by themselves. Bread had been made of dry new corn pounded, Mush & hominy also, as well as potatoes, beans, & all kinds of vegetables the country afforded had been made ready and was now brought forward, and placed in due order. The priest then prayed, and all at his word commenced eating. Thus was just before sunset. The seven counsellors, however, and the seven women who fasted with them must eat nothing till after dark. The priest, and his right hand man must wait still later before eating. Their supper, & this only meal during twenty four hours, came near bedtime.

  The yo wa ti ka no gi ti, or priest who sung the y o wa ate but once in twenty four hours during the four days of the feast. And his time of eating was also after dark. This man also  plunged in the river seven times every evening just before eating and also at day break in the morning.
  On this night the people danced till about midnight, when such as wished would retire to rest. But according to some, the women cleaned all night.
  On the second day the whippers performed the ceremony of whipping the houses, and distributed meat to be cooked for supper, but the y o wa was not sung, and the people generally would rest as they pleased, except those above mentioned who still continued their fast. A little before sun