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officiated with his cap or bonnet on. While other priests concealed their "Light" or "Word of Wasi," his was worn openly, in his bosom, wrapped in a skin, and suspended by a string which went around his neck. He was pre-eminent as an Instructor in Moral and Religious Duty, to which end he had seasons set apart for visiting the different towns throughout the nation.

    A second name by which this Festival is sometimes designated in more modern times, that of Physic Dance; ___ and Some other titles now and then given to it of a similar import, ____ obviously complete the evidence of its character; ____ the Cherokee word for physic applying equally to that which heals the soul and body, ___ and in the present case distinctly signifying that the occasion was one of conciliation, purifying, healing and renewal. The vernacular term for the second name in question, is, Nungh, wah, tee. ___ When a house was to be purified, ___ and cedar boughs, and whatever else they employed, were brought for the purpose, ___ the articles thus appropriated were called Nungh, wah, tee, ___ So was the purifying water decreed for such as had touched a dead body. The identity of the word physic with conciliation, as here adopted, ___ or even with expiation, ___ is rendered still
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