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No person was ever allowed to sing the yo wa?, or imitate the notes of these whippers, but such as were appointed on the occasion. On this day all fasted till near sunset, and then the unclear was offered and all ate. This was as follows. The priest spread the buck, doe, and fawn skin. near the fire, with the flesh side up, and the heads toward the east. Fresh blood from a deer, or fowl, was sprinkled or rubbed on the skins from the tail to the head, along the hawk. This was done by means of a small bunch of grass or small weeds, unclear dipped in the blood. On this streak of blood, on the buck skin, the priest put his diamond and also the seven strings of beads, (at first placed round the rotten wood) Now if it was to be sickly, a smoke without fire would appear in the stone; but if not there would be a bright dazzling appearance, without smoke. Again it is said, if the sickness was not to be turned away, the diamond would assume a bluish cast, and the whole town might be seen in it, those who were to die where distinguished by a dark blue appearance, while the others looked bright. so with regard to the seven strands of beads, on for each clan, the priest took the beads designed to represent one particular clan and wet the strand with his spittle, and the held it in his hand, considering it an active agent to inform him, by certain motions, whether its clan was to be sickly or not. The meat for sacrifice as in case of the small pox, but now, if the sickness was to prevail, the smoke of the sacrifice would form a bluish cloud over the fire