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First: The Festival of the First New Moon of Spring; which was celebrated about the time when grass began to grow: Second: Sah Looh, Stuknee, Keeh Steh Steeh, a priliminary, on new Green Corn (maize) Feast; held when the young corn first became fit to taste; Third Tung, nah, kaw, hoongh-ni; mature a rye, Green Corn (maize) Feast; which succeeded the other in some forty or fifty days, when the corn had become hard and perfect; Fourth: Nung, tah,-tay-quah;- Great new Moon Feast; which occured on the appearance of the first new moon of Autumn: Fifth: Ah, tawh, hung, nah,- Propitiation on lementation, Festival;- succeeding the former in about ten days: Sixth: Eelah, wahtah, lay, kee: the Festival of the Exulting, on Bounding, Bush; which came somewhat later yet. We proceed to describe the first being the Festival of the First New Moon of Spring; the involvement preliminary to which were as follows: Sometimes previous to the first Spring New Moon, the seven prime counsellors met