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Soon after their Festival, the through the seven Prime Counsellors, appointed a sacred Night-Dance; and on the seventh day from that of issuing the order, new fire was to be made by seven chosen men of messenger was dispatched to give notice. On the evening of the sixth day, there was a general assemblage of the people at the National Heptagon, and many passed the night in a religious dance. Early on the ensuing morning, the seven who were commissioned to make the new fire, commenced their operations. One was the official fire maker; the other six, his assistants. A hearth was carefully cleansed and prepared. A round hole being made in a block of wood, there was a small quantity of dry golden-rod weed dropped into it; and then a stick, the end of which just filled the opening, was whirled rapidly till the weed caught fire. The fire was now kindled on the hearth; and thence taken to every house, by the women who waited around for the purpose. The old fires having been every where extinguished, and the hearths cleansed