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25 with the care of regulating it. Soon after the national council each town priest calls a town council when the town messenger made known the acts of the council, brought forward the tobacco and the stick of beads the speaker had given him, and while the town chiefs were smoking to tobacco, he related the general doings of the council, and among other things the authority he had received to hold the green corn feast in the town. He then selected a man to order the green corn feast, make arrangements &c. and gave this man notice of the appointment. He then took the beads from the stick and wound them around a staff from one end to the other and going out into the town house yard, called aloud A tsi nu sti. The man selected, as above, rose from his seat, went out strikeout: into the yard of the house -- danced about the yard singing, "Ni ta ka ni," "Ne ta ka ni," &c. and then stepping up to the messenger of the council, took the staff, and exclaimed, "Na ski go ni ka li sta," to which all exclaimed Waweh. With these beads from the national council the man received full authority to hold the feast of green fruits in that particular town; and accordingly he selected seven men to officiate in stead of the seven prime counsellors. strikeout: (I should These then made arrangements, appointed the time, notified the people, and directed seven men to hunt six days previous to the feast, while they, together with the town priest, -- his right hand man and seven women, selected, on from each clan, devoted themselves to fasting at the town house. On the morning of the strikeout: sixth seventh day the hunters returned, bringing the end of the tongue for sacrifice, the meat of the back, and all the skins to the priest, and depositing the rest of the meat, barbecued, in the house prepared for it. At the same time the people of the town assembled, each family fetching some of every kind of green fruit, all prepared to eat. This they deposited in the treasure house, and each family took in return a piece of barbecued meat brought in by the hunters and returned home. At night all returned, and brought the meat, without having tasted it, and put it back where they found it.