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town, extinguished their old fire, - threw out all the old ashes, brands etc. and thus cleansed all their fire places, and then repaired to the place where the new fire had been made, - obtained a supply, & kindled it in their own houses. None must eat . Other towns doubtless took new fire when they returned home after the feast. After kindling this new fire in their houses, each family sacrificed in it a piece of the first meat they obtained. As before stated the seven men appointed to cleanse the houses, had seven appointed to wait on them. Those waiters now gave them seven sycamore rods. On receiving these rods, the leader of the seven, raised the note [[aye], to which the other six responded weah (a, as in past) The leader then sang i hi, i hi, (i as long e seven times, and then resumed his former note aye; to which the other responded weah. The leader then went out of the house, followed by the others, and all walked round the house, and struck the eves of the store house with their rods. The leader then putting his stick over his shoulder, went to another house followed by the other six. Before reaching the house, however, the leader commenced singing as before, just in time to get through before reaching the house. The eves of this house they whipped as they had those of the store house; and then proceeded in the same manner to another house, and so on till they had gone through the whole town. They then returned to the council house, walked round it, whipped the eves of the store house as before, and then entered the council house and laid their rods in the holy place till the next day.