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At the above ceremonies being ended, the people were at liberty to retire.   The three skins above mentioned belonged to the priest, together with the skins of all the other animals which had been killed especially for the feast, and also some of the meat.   citation: Nutsawi
From the statements of different persons, compared together, it seems that the hunters who had been out for a winters hunt, came in just as the others were assembling at their feast, - gave a portion of meat for the feast, and deposited the rest, together with the skins, in the house prepared for the purpose of containing meat &c. for feasts & sacrifices, and without going to their own houses, united in the feast. These, when all the ceremonies closed, took their booty, gained in hunting, to their own homes, leaving a certain quantity for the priest.
Such families as would not attend the great feast, and knew how to pro?ed, kept the feast in their own families - crossed out village?.  The master of the family - crossed out house obtained a buck skin dressed white & spread it before the fire; and killed fowls or other animals to obtain the meat the family would eat at a meal, and took

some of the blood and drained? a streak of fresh blood from the head to the tail.

All the family members then repaired to a river or creek and plunged entirely seven times as at the great feast, and then laid aside their wet clothes, & put on clean & dry garments in their stead: and devoted the day to entire abstinence.    At night, the meat being cooked, and the mush made of fine meal, - the only kind of bread which could be eaten with that meat, being ready, all the family - crossed out partook together.  Now if the family could not consume all the meat