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Also, the ones who danced long ago did not have to be gorgeously 
dressed. He only had to wear an eagle feather in his hair. Then 
the To'kan™' was to paint his body black. The Ki'cko'4* was to 
paint his body white. Indeed that was entirely sufficient. They 
indeed had to wear moccasins, though. They could not dance bare- 
footed. The children were the only ones who always danced bare- 
footed. The older ones did not. Their religion restricted them. 
The children are not grown yet. Again, they just have commenced 
the chase so they may live. Again, when in childhood thoughts are 
not direct like those of the older ones. That is the reason why these 
children, girls and boys, do as they wish to do. Yet they had to 
dance near the fire. They did not dance in a circle. The only one 
who danced around in a circle when she danced was she who had 
passed into young maidenhood. Also only the one who had become 
a young man was the one who danced around in the circle when he 
danced. 
It is said that the children were watched by one ceremonial attend- 
ant as they danced so that they might not push each other in the 
fire. Also that they might not fight a brave; also that they might 
not get too mischievous. They always danced in one certain place. 
Now the little children dance around in the circle when they dance. 
The children have ceased to do the things they used to do. Also 
they are not watched by the ceremonial attendant while dancing. 
The children themselves do as they please when they dance. 
Religion demanded that the children should not fight inside while 
dancing. That is the reason, it is said, that they were guarded 
against fighting. If they fought inside, it is said that something 
would happen to a prominent member, or it might be that their 
chief would indeed die quickly. Something indeed would happen. 
That, it is said, was why the children were watched. It was only 
while they danced that they were watched by the leading ceremonial 
attendant; it was by no others; it was certainly the leading cere- 
monial attendant who watched them. 
It is said that was another thing they did long ago. Now when the 
children dance, they indeed dance around in the circle. 
Again, the child who danced did not eat alone. The one who 
danced or ate was the one who went along with its mother. If they 
went along with any relative, they then danced just as well. They 
too ate with them. Now the children just go in to dance each by 
themselves. 
Again, the children who dance now, eat by themselves. They too 
are watched by the manitou who watches over the dancers. They 
too are thought of in the same way when they dance by those who 
are in that sacred pack. Still, it is said that the children get scorched 
while they are dancing. It is said that they get scorched as there is 
a fire. 
