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29 hand man, holding the basket with both hands, moved it round over the pot four times, and then set it in the water. After this they walked round the fire once, fanned the water as before and took their seats, -- the white seats covered with buck skin dressed white, having another of the same kind spread on the ground for their feet to rest on.

And on this occasion seven raw deer skins, which the hunters had brought in were hung on a pole over their seat. 
The seven men who cleaned the house, & kindled the fire, then renewed it round the pot. The right hand man of the priest had also when making the other appointments, designated men to wait on the seven who were to cleanse the council house, strikeout: which with all the other houses &c. and also one to wait on the man who sang the yo wa. Those to wait on the seven whippers, (or purifyers) having got white sycamore rods, gave one to each of the seven, who took them and commenced the ceremony of whipping (as described in the ceremonies for keeping off fever &c. Only they did not whip the council house, but the treasure house behind it. On returning before noon to the council house the seven men above mentioned took some of the meat (deposited by the hunters in the treasure house) and distributed it through the town to be cooked for supper. 
When the whippers (confirm) went out with their sticks, in the morning, a little after sunrise, the man appointed to wait on the one who sang the yo wa, stepped out into the middle of the house, and called the singer of the yo wa, and as he came forward, put a rattling gourd, (white washed) into his hands, -- took off his common dress, & put on the one appropriated to that service, and then took his seat. The man who was thus distinguished, & set apart to sing that sacred hymn, commenced (as in the case of keeping off fevers &c. which see) + This hymn was made by God, Himself, who gave it the name, yo wa, for ye ho wa, and commanded when and how it should be sung. Yi ho wa was then most sacred Name of God, which no one must speak, except on certain occasions, and then only such as were appointed for the purpose. so also the hymn called yo wa, must never be sung only by persons selected for the purpose, and on particular occasions. On the first day this hymn was sung three times, i.e. a little after sunrise, at noon and about sunset. [[strikeout: and all the people fasted till after noon, even all the children, except infants, -- eating but a little before sunset, but the seven counsells and seven women who had fasted six days previous now ate nothing till dark, and the priest & his right hand man fasted till some time after dark. The seven counsellors above mentioned kept near the]] See ceremonies for keeping off fevers, --