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the right hand men again fold the skins, & proceed with them to the house, followed by the priest. (These right hand men bathed with the people.)

The people enter the house, as in the morning, but the right hand men take the deer skins, beads etc. into the house for sacrifice, & lay them, folded on a bench. These men having their altar of earth, and fire of bark, prepared, the priest offered a sacrifice of mush (what would lie on the end of a knife) and a small piece of the end of a deer's tongue. While this was burning, the priest sprinkled a powder of old tobacco on the fire, praying. The priest & his right hand men being alone in this house, the priest makes known to them the result of all the operations, & enquiries of the day. The first right hand man then leaves the house of sacrifice and goes to the house of the people, and makes known the communication of the priest, not, however, naming the individuals to die within three months, but stating simply the number. But if none were to die, he told them that all then present would be present at their next meeting in three months. The women then brought the victuals from the room where it was cooked, into this room, and set it on benches. The people then all ate together with the two right hand men. This was just before, or about sunset. The priest still continued alone in his house of sacrifice.