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The priest having put away his skins, cloth, bead etc. went to the house where the people were, when the victuals, which had been set aside for him, was brung forward, and he ate. (He must not eat on such occasions till sun set). The victuals having been put away, about dark the drum began to beat, and the seven singers, as on the preceeding night, commenced singing, and the women commenced their slow dance, and continued it till day, or near day. No adult person was allowed to sleep at all during the night. In the morning all return to their own houses, taking the roots, they took from the table at the creek. These they chew frequently during the three months, and blow it, or the juice, over them. Each person endeavours to make his root last till the next quarterly new moon. Previous to this festival, however, the town assembled, and the priest's two right hand men, appointed seven men to hunt, and seven men & seven women to fast during seven days before as in the case of the green corn dance, etc. Johnson Pridget