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20 that time arriving all assembled again, brought victuals of various kinds, and carried the king as before. He then appointed four men as masters of the feast who brought the victuals to the place where it was to be eaten. Before eating, sacrifice was offered by the priest, with with new fire on an altar of stone 2 1/2 feet high. citation: Nutsawi (Pine log. Anciently a certain man had two sons and one of them was particularly distinguished for his righteousness and therefore was chosen of God to be the high priest i.e. the U ku & the office was to continue in his family -- citation: Short arrow.

The U ku was the minister of God in a very special manner, to execute his will.  citation: T. Smith.  (The consecration, dress &c. of the U ku see in smaller manuscript 
The U ku - his right hand man, and seven counsellors constituted the first court, and after them, in each town a priest, his right hand man and seven counselors, the judiciary for the town. The counsellors in every case, were composed of one from each of the seven clans.  These judications were similar only that of which the U ku was at the head, was first in order & rank. 
The great national council was composed of the U ku, his right hand man and several counsellors, together with all the town priests, their right hand men, and messengers, and sometimes some of their counsellors.+  In this council U ku occupied the middle white seat. Sta gu sta that at his right hand, and Ku wo ni gu ti, that on his left. This last was the speaker, while the other priests sat on either hand, in the form of a semicircle, the U ku being in the center. 
A priest was selected by the U ku to officiate as chaplain. He opened the council by prayer as follows viz. stepping near to the seat of the U ku he received the eagle tail fan, which he put before his face, holding File:Pipe it with his right hand, and standing directly before the U ku, with his fan toward him & of course toward the holy part &c. he prayed first for the counsellors that they might be directed & assisted in all their business and enjoy health.   strikeout: They He then prayed for a blessing on themselves, their families and the nation generally. At the close of this prayer all acclaimed Wawh. This practice of opening the council by prayer continued till about 50 years ago. At the close of a council, the speaker Ku wa ni gu li, arose,having sticks of beads and pieces of old tobacco, one for each town, lying all around him, that his words in a figure, might fall upon them, and recapitulated strikeout: in all the important acts of the the council, and then took one