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The ceremonial attendant, too, is worshipping. He is worshipping 
the White Buffalo. Though he takes care of that which is offered to 
him (the White Buffalo) as worship, still it is a rule that he must act 
quietly as an attendant. The life of one who is a ceremonial attend- 
ant is such that he must not be a talker. He must indeed only think 
about that which he is handling so that he might not do it wrongly. 
As many as act as a ceremonial attendant must act carefully during 
the time the gens festival is on. The very leading ceremonial attend- 
ant has to care for the pumpkins. It is said those are the ones the 
White Buffalo thinks the most of (when they are offered) in the gens 
festival. Then the corn dumplings. It is said those two things are 
the ones which are handled with greatest care. Then simply any 
kind of meat; then ducks, turkeys, prairie hens, grouse, and all 
different kinds of those that fly. Those giving the gens festival 
would offer these when they held the gens festival: deer, bears, elks, 
badgers, and skunks; and pumpkins, corn, beans. Those are the 
things the ceremonial attendants took good care of. Now dogs are 
the ones of whom they take good care. 
The attendants have a hard time. It does not matter if it is smoky, 
they would be standing around. A ceremonial attendant can not 
simply remain seated all the while. Straightway he recognized that 
the White Buffalo Hoof sacred pack watched over him. “Oh, that 
is what keeps track of us ceremonial attendants.’ It is said when 
they would think that in their hearts, they would jump up and then 
stand around. 
When that which they were cooking was cooked they went out to 
cool off during the time those celebrating the gens festival were 
singing. After the (latter) have sung, the ceremonial attendants go 
in. They then stand around inside. 
Now, the leading ceremonial attendant stood inside during the gens 
festival. Yet he could do as he pleased inside. Whenever he wished 
in his heart to sit down, he went and sat down where those celebrating 
their gens festival were sitting (and) remained seated. He could not 
go outside. If he thought in his heart, “I shall eat,’ he indeed 
could do as he pleased about the time he was to eat (and) what to 
eat. Yet the ceremonial attendant could only go outside after the 
gens festival. 
It is said that some leading ceremonial attendants were afraid to 
eat. They would eat only after they had gone to their home. They 
were afraid to go outside during the gens festival. If any one went 
out before (it was over) it is said he would indeed cease to be the 
leading ceremonial attendant. It is said they would cease thinking 
anything of him if some ene did this. 
