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75 Uncleannesses.

After childbirth a woman was unclean seven days. All her clothes become unclean, as did also her bed, her seat and all the vessels she touched. On the morning of the

8th day she washed her flesh in water, put on clean clothes and returned to the house, having been separated from the family. But if her sickness continued so as to need a Doctor, then at her cleansing a priest was called, who took a bird, plucked off the feathers, and took out the innards and then offered it as a sacrifice for her. Among the Creeks, uncleanness after childbirth continued one month.

 Females during their monthly course were unclean. Anciently they had tents by themselves, some distance from the hose. No one must touch them, or anything that they touched. At the end of seven days, they purified themselves by plunging entirely seven times in running water. They  then put on clean clothes, and returned to the house and associated

with the other members of the family. But if their issue of blood continued over the time, then their uncleanness also was protracted in the same degree. sacrifice?

If, during the time of this separation, a man should lie with a woman, he was unclean, and must bathe himself in water by plunging seven times, change his clothes and be

unclean days. Unless he purified himself as above he would not be allowed to engage in any business whatever nor mingle with company sacrifice? Previous to bathing he drank a tea or water of purification which puked him.

 When a man has any sexual intercourse with his wife, they are both unclean, and must bathe themselves, by plunging entirely seven times, and continue in this uncleanness

until evening. (If a mans seed of copulation go from him he must bathe himself in water, by plunging seven times and then be unclean till even+. (+ Not certain. enquire farther) And every garment and every skin where is the seed of copulation, must be washed with water, & be unclean till evening (Enquire farther)

 When a person died, all others in the house at the time were unclean. All vessels of every kind, and all articles of provision as    potatoes, corn &c were unclean, as also the firewood, ashes &c. Therefore after the corpse was buried, a priest was sent for to cleanse the house. On his arrival all the family went out of the house to a tent some distance

off. The priest then went in and took everything out which had been rendered unclean, destroying the gourds, pots and throwing away all the provision or food.+ All the ashes, fire, &c having now been taken from the fire place, the priest made new fire, and kindled it with pure wood