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round the fire, ___ poured the water into the caldron, and replaced the gourds upon the white bench. Having done this, they went to the Oole, stool, eeh and told him the caldron was ready.

     The Oole stool, eeh and his right hand man, proceeded forthwith to the treasure; or store, house. The right hand man took the cane basket, containing the seven articles for purification, and walked, followed by the Oole, stool, eeh, toward, the National Heptagon entrance. Having approached it a few steps, the Ooli, stool, eeh bade the right hand man to stop. He did so. The Oole, stool, eeh then offered up a secret prayer. After this, they went on as before; and having entered the National Heptagon the Oole stool, eeh again ordered the right hand man to stop. Here he uttered in a low voice a prayer, the substance of which, like the rest of those at this Festival, was to implore that the people might be cleansed from all the polutions and impurities of the year preceding. They now unclear north of the altar and once around the fire and stopped. The Oole, stool, eeh then sprinkled powder of wild (old) tobacco on the fire. He took the wing of a perfectly white heron and waved it four times over the caldron, so as to waft the steam in every direction and prayed again to himself. Both now once more walked round the fire; and once more the oole, stool, eeh sprinkled with (old) tobacco powder and waved the white wing, over the caldron, and again prayed, and