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316 penciled at to of page - also number 20 Everything being prepared, the men assembled in the morning, in the council house yard, each holding his green bough over his head with his right hand when the leader struck the music, and commenced the dance, being followed by all the company. The object in this dance seems to have been an expression of the highest degree of joy and rejoicing. The men ran and jumped, and sang as they ran: and through in apparent disorder yet they acted by rule, following the steps of their leader. During the dance on each day, the leader brought the whole company seven times under the shade of the tree planted in the yard. Since their acquaintance with fire arms, the Cherokees have made use of them at this feast; and as they fired their guns, in festive joy, the women and children, would stop their ears and run. At this feast also, as some say, the I ta gu sta united in the dance, not however with the common men. His cap was red, his coat, legings and mocasins were white, but his arms were covered with otter skins. This feast was continued four days. At evening each man put up his green bough in a safe place, and took it again the next morning. During the evenings of each night, the men and women united in social dances, wives following their husbands, and single women and girls, their brothers, or young men of the same clan with themselves. (The above form of celebrating the feast of Pentecost, is, probably, not the most ancient, being an evident union ink smudge the feast of Pentecost and the feast of Tabernacles, so that the feast of Tabernacles, distinctly, is almost forgotten)