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Again, should one think wickedly in his heart, they would also do 
the same thing. He would do something that would make him 
ashamed. It is said that it would seem that the sacred pack would 
report him; that would be the reason he did this. 
It is said that was the reason why they were so careful when they 
acted as ceremonial attendants. 
A ceremonial attendant was not to think unnecessarily about any 
(other) thing in the meantime. He would only take good care of 
what he was handling (for the manitou). Also the ceremonial 
attendant would be thinking in his heart about the manitou, that he 
might be blessed. Indeed it is said that was what the ceremonial 
attendant always thought in his heart. It was even more so with 
respect to the leading ceremonial attendant who was always spoken 
to by those celebrating the gens festival. He too would always think 
intently of the manitou, the White Buffalo. He, the leading cere- 
monial attendant, too, would strongly desire that he might be blessed. 
It is said that was the reason why he tried so very hard, was because 
he was the leading ceremonial attendant. He watched over his 
fellow attendants that they might not ruin anything. The leading 
ceremonial attendant wished his fellow attendants to do (things) 
truly carefully. All the people would always speak to the leading 
ceremonial attendant himself. Indeed always during the gens 
festival he would always be told, it is said, “Leading ceremonial 
attendant.” Then indeed he would employ the ceremonial attend- 
ants. It is said those were the ones the leading ceremonial attendant 
instructed. It was impossible for him to be told by the ceremonial 
attendants, “No.” Everyone alike said ‘ All right.” 
Then this also [was a rule], that while anything was cooking there 
must not anything drop into it. It is said that was what they 
indeed watched out for. If something did drop in, the evil manitou 
was the one who dropped it in for them. That was what they 
thought about it. It is said that was the reason why they watched 
so hard that it might be like that. Indeed it was any little thing that 
dropped in. It is said that when (something) did fall in, that was 
taken out by those acting as ceremonial attendants and poured out. 
It is said they always did this. It is said that they would be afraid 
to eat it. 
Again, when they went after water, they could not set it down 
before the right time. Surely they could only set it down after 
they had brought it inside of where the gens festival was held. Should 
they have set it down before, then the little evil manitou would 
have claimed it as his own. It is said that was the reason why the 
ceremonial attendants @ever set it down. 
