(THEN) THE SACRED PACK WHICH BELONGS ON THE 
RIGHT FRONT HOOF OF THE WHITE BUFFALO. 
This is the name of it: The White Buffalo’s Hoof Sacred Pack. 
That is the name of it. 
This sacred pack watches over the ceremonial attendants sepa- 
rately. This watches over them so that they act carefully as cere- 
monial attendants; that they may cook things carefully; indeed that 
they may cook things in water; also that they may not cook any- 
thing in too much of a hurry; that they indeed cook slowly. 
This is another (reason): that they may not boil (things) over; 
that they may not boil it too much. Should it boil over, then all 
life would all go outside. They would then be working for naught. 
They, too, will have weak lives if they should let it get spilt ‘for every 
one of the people. 
Indeed they must take close care of the gens festival offerings 
which are of meat. If they do not take careful care of it, then 
indeed the sacred pack will know about them. The manitous then 
will not receive it if it is not taken good care of. The manitous only 
take that which is taken good care of. The ceremonial attendants 
took good care of it. 
It is said that the ceremonial attendants are instructed by the 
leading ceremonial attendant. The leading ceremonial attendant 
has a hard time looking after his fellow ceremonial attendants so that 
they may not ruin anything. He tells his fellow ceremonial attend- 
ants to do things indeed carefully. It is said that the ceremonial 
attendants were always careful in handling the gens festival offerings. 
They did not ruin anything while handling it. They had to wash 
things when they put them into kettles to cook. That is what is 
expected of them by that White Buffalo Hoof sacred pack. That 
was for the attendants alone. And, when they were to add water for 
the cooking they were to go after it. They were to add on truly 
fresh water. 
Indeed -they were not to feel lustful during the time they acted as 
ceremonial attendants. Even when their girls were dancing, they 
did not look at each other in a courting way. If some one of the 
attendants should laugh at a woman in a courting way, then he him- 
self would ruin that which he was handling; he himself would ruin 
that which he was cooking. If a ceremonial attendant should do 
this, that would not be accepted by the manitous. 
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