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the end of the tongue of the buck which had been brought in whole, now put it into their fire, this while burning, was viewed with closed attention, as everything respecting its burning was ominous of life or death. The sacrifice being offered, the buck which has been dressed and brought in whole was cooked, and kept by itself. A kind of stiff mush was made of new pounded meal to eat with the meat of the buck. No other kind of bread must be eaten with it. The meat was so distributed that each person, as far as possible, should taste it. none of this meat must be suffered to see the next morning. All must be consumed. Other meat cooked for the feast might be kept as usual. This night none but infants could be allowed to sleep at all. The women spent most of the night in a religious dance. At this feast, as at that when the first autumnal new moon made its appearance [[pencilled note "see unclear feast"]], the medicinal root was distributed and used for the health of the people, as distributed in the history of that feast. The above ceremonies being ended, the people were at liberty to retire. The three skins placed near the altar, together with the skins of all the other animals which has been killed for the feast, belonged to the priest. 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 other were assembling at this feast gave a portion of met for the feast, and deposited the rest together with the skins in the store house, adjoining the council house, and without going to their own houses united in the feast. But when all the ceremonies were ended, they took their booty obtained in hunting, to their own homes, leaving a certain part for the priest.