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14 Se lu ti ni sti gi sti. Green corn feast.

The second great feast was that of green fruits. The seven counsellors of the U ka directed the people when to plant, in order to have all the produce of the country come

forward at the same time. They also watched the growth of the corn and other vegetables, and thereby determined the time of the feast of first fruits. having fixed on the time, they dispatched their messenger through the country to give general information, and also to collect seven ears of corn from seven different fields, belonging to the seven different clans. Anciently the whole nation lived in towns near each other. But the town, in which was the national council house, and where the national feasts were held, was very large; and was in a measure common during the time of any of the great feasts, so that the people from the country were at home in any house, and welcome at any table, where they might choose to eat.

The messenger, on his return, delivered the seven ears of corn to the seven counsellors.  There counsellors then made all necessary arrangements for the feast, and then commenced fasting at the council house together with the priest & his right hand man   Six days previous to the feast, and on the morning of the seventh day gave the seven ears of corn to the priest. But on the evening previous, i.e. on the evening of the sixth day of the feast of the seven counsellors, the nation assembled. The men of the town also, who had been engaged six days in hunting, now returned, with their meat barbicued, and a piece of the tongue of the first buck they had killed wrapped in leaves for sacrifice.

This together with the skins were delivered to the priest, which the meat was deposited in a treasure house near the west side of the council house. +

Here also were deposited the first fruits, which every family brought from home, ready cooked. These consisted not only of green corn, but also of beans peaches and every species of green fruit which they used for food.
This night the whole nation kept as a watch night