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43 the strikeout: evening morning of the seventh strikeout: sixth day. They also appointed one to wait on the yo wa ti ka no gi sti, i.e. the singer of the yo wa. And in case the yo wa ti ka no su sti had died during the year past, the seven counsellors now appointed another priest to fill his place, who held the office strikeout: for life during life. All appointments being made, the seven counsellors and seven women one of each clan (probably the wives of the counsellors) together with the priest and his right hand man, commenced fasting, and during the six days previous to the commencement of the feast, ate only once in the twenty four hours, and then only light food. Their time of eating was a little after dark. The hunters, at the same time commenced their labours; and the first buck they shot down, the chief hunter approached, and taking hold of the tongue before touching it in any other part, cut off a piece from the end on the right side, and wrapped it up for sacrifice. The man who shot the buck, then took off the skin, and barbicued the meat, which, together with the skin, and the skins of all the deer killed on the occasion, belonged to the priest, and were delivered to his right hand man on the return of the hunters. But no part of the buck must be eaten till the tongue had been offered for sacrifice. Those also appointed to provide the articles for purification went in search of them. These articles were as follows viz. Bark from mountain birch trees, and the sprigs from another kind of mountain birch, which grows only in shrubs, -- willow roots, such as grew in the banks of streams, so as to be exposed to the water, and which had thus been long washed by the stream, -- swamp dogwood roots, which stood in the same position and washed in the same manner, -- Missel tow; spruce pine, and the bark of A ta su ki, or smelling wood.* All these were put into a cane basket, and tied, or made fast in it, and brought to council house on the evening of the sixth day, and deposited in the treasure or store house, at the west side of the council house, a few steps from it. At the same time also the hunters returned, and deposited their meat, barbicued, and the skins in the