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seven years, bore no resemblance to any of the rest. It was entitled The Ookah dance because it was instituted for the Ookah himself to offer his personal thanksgivings and adoration ro the Creator. It was a feast not of sacrifice, but of extreme rejoicing. It was understood to have been specially enjoined upon the nation by Heaven itself, that about the last of summer, or first of autumn, (termed by the Cherokee the commencement), of every seventh year, the people of all orders and all ages, should appear at the National Heptagon for that purpose.

    The movements introductory to this jubilee, were as follows:
    The precise time for its celebration being settled between the Ookah and his Ti, nv, li, no, he, ski, or Seven Counsellors, ___ they despatched messengers through the nation to notify the people. Seven hunters were sent out from the metropolitan town by the Ti, nv, li, no, he, ski, or Seven Counsellors, to hunt during seven days prior to the Festival. The meat was brought in by the Hunters on the seventh night and distributed through the metropolitan town to be cooked for the public use. On the same evening, all the nation assembled at the National Heptagon. The Ti, nv, li, no, he, ski, or Seven Counsellors of the Ookah, then appointed men to direct & order the