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Here, I sit with them; 
Why, I sit with them, I do, I do; 
I sit with them; 
Why, I sit with them, I do; 
I sit with them; 
I sit with them. 4 
I think of you fervently; 
I think of you fervently; 
I think of you fervently, yonder, 
On the earth of the manitous; 
I think of you fervently; 
I think of you fervently; 
I think of you fervently, yonder; 
I think of you fervently; 
I think of you fervently; 
I think of you fervently, yonder. ® 
These songs are used after they have danced twice. It is said that 
they waited until those that were sitting outside were run inside. 
The ceremonial attendant would stop to say to them: “He invites 
us to dance. The manitou’s songs are now to be used. They (the 
manitous) are the ones who watch over us as we dance. So as many 
of us as are now sitting inside here, must now think about them. We 
are to think about our lives in humbleness. You must indeed do 
that,’”’ the ceremonial attendant said to them. 
“These who are giving this gens festival must now sing loudly also. 
Indeed, they too must think the same in their hearts,” they were told. 
Then, it is said, the eldest of the gens took the lead in singing. It 
is said the sesongs were then used. Indeed they sung them carefully. 
Those giving the gens festival would indeed sing loudly. 
Then, again, the women of the gens who did not weep would join 
in and sing loudly. Indeed, it is said, many of the people wept. 
That was long ago when the people still followed the worship care- 
fully and uprightly. 
Then some time later those that watched over them from within 
that sacred pack blessed them in another way. They wished that 
the (people) would become good dancers. They (the people) knew 
it to be that way; some would know about themselves: “If you are 
a good dancer, you will continue to live a long time.” 
Those in that sacred pack would bless them in that way secretly. 
They (the manitous) knew that they wanted to dance vigorously. 
That was the reason why, it is said, they were thus blessed by those 
in the sacred pack. Some of them were women, some of them were 
men, indeed, it was simply anyone. 
5“*T think of you”’ refers to the White Buffalo. The earth of the manitous is located in the East. 
