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    The altar fire being renewed by the seven cleansers, a exorcisers, ___ their seven deputed attendants appeared, ___ each with a white rod of sycamore, and called them. They went forward. To each his attendant gave a rod. The leader of the seven raised the note ayh, (long); to which the other six responded wah (a as in part). The leader then sang eh __ eeh (as e long) seven times and resumed his former note ayh; to which the others again responded wah: pronounced quickly. The leader then went out of the National Heptagon, followed by the others.
    It was now but little after sunrise.
         When the cleansers, or exorcisers, had departed, the attendant appointed to wait on the Go; wah, teekahnaw, ghistee stepped into the middle of the National Heptagon, and called him loudly from his seat, by name; then went to the Holy place took the Yo, wah, techahnaw ghistee's robes of white, invested him with them, placed in his hand a whitened gourd filled with pebbles (thence termed a rattling gourd); or a shell similarly prepared and fastened on a stick; and then resumed his seat. ___ while the Yo, wah, teekah naw, ghistee was receiving his robes, he stood with his face towards the east. He retained that position a moment after the rattling gourd was placed in his hand. He then shook the gourd &
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