The entry for April, 278, records that TAKENOUCHI no Sukune, who was about to be killed after being falsely charged by his brother, UMASHIUCHI no Sukune, insisted on his innocence, and therefore the Emperor held a kugatachi for them at Shiki-gawa River.
応神天皇9年4月条に、武内宿禰が弟の甘見内宿禰の讒言を受けて殺されそうになり、武内宿禰が潔白を主張したので、天皇は2人に礒城川で盟神探湯をさせたとの記事がある。