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85 P18 87 spectators, and bowing to them as he passed, they also in return bowed to him. His musician went on his left hand, and the man who fanned him, on the same side though a little forward, to fan him as occasion required. His prime council and all the priests, followed in single file imitating his step. After dancing round once, the U ku was taken to his seat. His immediate attendants kept near him though the other priests all stood at some distance; and no woman was allowed to enter, or even come to the circle to which the U ku danced.

Sometime after noon, the master of the feast, had the table spread, and the people seated, when the U ku, by his speaker, directed them to eat All then commenced the same moment. Provisions having been put away for the the U ku, and his suit, was brought by his speaker just before sunset. 

After eating, he was carried home in the same manner that he was brought in the morning, & was undressed and his common robes put on.

The same ceremonies were performed every day of the feast, only the U ku was not washed after the first time. On the fourth, or last day of the feast, after dancing, being on his seat, just before he was carried home, the U ku was consecrated anew by his right hand man, as at first, and thus invested anew with all sacerdotal & kingly authority. Although now, as well as at his first consecration, he wore his yellow dress, yet whenever he sat on the white seat in the council house, attending to his ordinary official duties; he, as well as his right hand man wore white dress.
The U ku, say the Cherokees, was the minister of God, in a very peculiar manner, to execute his will; the first person, who filled the office, having been chosen & set apart by the Lord himself.
The native politeness & generosity of Indians, at their festivals, cannot be imitated; and of course the pleasure they enjoy & communicate, cannot be told. They do not trifle with the feelings of their guests, nor seem to suppose themselves above if even equal to the meanest; and should the conversation unclear any? become quite intolerable, they are not railed at, but, [unclear]] peculiar mildness, told, ye li quo, that will do; or, that is enough. It is by this native politeness alone, and not by the chains of tyrants, that the chiefs bind the hearts of their subjects, and carry them wherever they will.