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till at length a brightness from it like that reflected from a piece of glass, moved first over the roof of the house, and then came lower & lower, till it struck the people as they sat, and if there was one in the assembly to die before the return of another quarterly moon, i.e. within three months, this light would pass without striking them. (Br Johnson Pridget says he has seen this himself, & has known several instances when this brightness did not touch particular persons and those persons all died in less than three months from the time in which they were thus pointed out as victims of death.) During the time the conjurer did not touch the diamond, but simply repeated his prayers. The priest then put away his diamond, and all went out. - the women to cooking and the men to getting wood, & pine, so as to have their victuals & wood prepared by twelve o'clock. One right hand man also had the several kinds of bark for making fire, on the altar by noon. The other right hand man was in the company of the women to see that neither they nor their children ate any thing. The priest then selected several men to clear the way to the stream, - prepare seats for the people, and a table for the priest to spread his deerskins. During the time this was going on the priest retired alone to a mountain to sing, pray etc.