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sprinkled the blood on the buckskin, in a line from the nose to the tail; and then sat the unclear, or Divining stone on the blood. He also put some of the flowers of the tohano, (gathered the year before,) on the buckskin. Soon after sunrise, all repaired to the river, and at the direction of the priest, all waded into the river, the men above, and the women and children below, all having their clothes on, then standing with their faces toward the east, all plunged entirely under water, seventimes, with their heads towards the east till the children plunged and mothers plunged their infants seventimes. All the common people having washed, came out of the water, and, after certain ceremonies, as at the autumn and newmoon, repaired to house in the unclear, and changed their wet clothes for such as were clean and dry. After the common people had retired, other priests, unclear and nobility, washed in the same manner as the others had done, and in the same manners also repaired to houses and changed their clothes. This day was devoted to fasting, even infants were denied the breast till after noon, and all other children and adults were obliged to fast till night. The seven women appointed to oversee and direct the cooking, and the seven men to order the feast, attended to their appropriate business. A short time before sunset all were again assembled at the council house, the fire had been kept burning on the altar, (of earth in the centre of the house, with seven kinds of wood usual for sacrifice,) and the three skins above mentioned being still in their places, the priest, -- his right hand man and seven counsellors took their positions by the fire; that is, the priest and his right hand man by his side stood west of the fire, facing the east, while the seven counsellors stood behind and about them in the form of a semicircle, the priest then took the flowers of old tohano from the buck skin, where they had been deposited in the morning, and put them on the fire. These emitted a very singular smell. After this the priest having cut off