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presiding priest where the buck unclear whole was deposited, his right hand man was sent to take it thence to an appointed place. The white dressed buck and doe and fawn skins were also delivered by the delegated hunters. Such of the people as had been away on hunting excursions during winter, either with their families or by the unclear, came in to join the ceremonies before returning to their homes, adding the meat and skins they had taken, to the previous stock in the store house, so that with the further contributions of other provisions of various sorts from the rest of the inhabitant, scarcely any of whom arrived empty handed, super abundant were the supplies for the uses of the festival and of its priest. Meanwhile the altar in the centre of the National Heptagon had been repaired by the priest's right hand man. It was constructed in a conical shape, of fresh earth. A circle was drawn round the top, to receive the fire of sacrifice. The inner bark was laid on it, ready for use; taken nearly from the east side of the seven different kinds of wood employed on such occasions; unclear: of the white and black and water oak; and of the black jack, the bass wood, the chestnut and the white pine; which all must be entirely free from blemish and from