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315 penciled at top of page - also number 19 Tu na ko hu ni, or second great Green corn Feast. This was third great national feast of the Cherokees. The seven prime counsellors observed the growth of the corn, after the first feast of first fruits; and when they perceived the corn completely filled, and some of it turning hard, they appointed a religious dance, at which they made known the time of the great feast, generally about twenty days from that time; and the next day started their messenger to give general information through the country. The seven counsellors also made all necessary appointments , so that ever thing to be done by men or women in order to a due preparation for the feast, was minutely attended to. God had commanded that the whole nation should assemble at this feast; and had ordered them to get green boughs, and hold over their heads for a shade, and also to prepare a shade of green boughs in the yard where they assembled, to remind them that such shades were prepared for them above. Accordingly they prepared a large booth in the council house yard, and furnished it with seats. They also cut, near the roots, a branchy, bushy topped tree, and digging a hole in the ground, set it firmly in the yard. They then went to the woods and got green boughs to hold over their heads as they danced. This festal dance was performed by men alone. The hunters of the chief town, having procured meat, and barbicued it, deposited it in the store house on the evening previous to the feast. The people also assembled from all parts of the country, and each family brought bread of new corn, or new corn and beans etc. ready cooked; as a thank offering and deposited the provision in the store house for the feast.