priest, thy told him the pot was ready. The priest and his right hand man, stepping into the treasure house, the right hand man took the basket containing the seven articles for purification, and walked, followed by the priest toward the door of the council house. Having proceeded a few steps he was ordered by the priest to stop. The priest then silently offered a prayer to God. They then proceeded and entered the council house, when the priest ordered another halt, and again prayed as before, after this they went north of the fire, and round it, and on stopping, the priest sprinkled some powder of old tobacco on the fire, and taking a feather of a turkey buzzards wing, fanned the water moving the feather four times over the pot in one direction, and then prayed again to himself. Then both walked round the fire again, and the priest again sprinkled on old tobacco, and fanned the water in the pot as at first. some say he fanned with the white wing of a herron. The priest then ordered his right hand man to put the medicine into the pot. The right hand man, then holding the basket with both hands, moved it over the pot, four times round and then set it in the water.