THE SINGING AROUND RITE. 
When a boy called ‘‘ Has-an-eye-and-is-sitting’’ was five years old, 
they began to make him fast somewhere. He was fed at ten o’clock, 
When he was six years old, he then ate at noon. Then he began to 
be repeatedly instructed by his grandfather: “My grandchild, you 
must tell me in the future of what you dream, if anyone blesses you. 
Some of the manitous are not good when they bestow blessings. 
Before (a child) is really very intelligent the old people watch out 
(for them). It is as if they look into what is dreamed. They must 
continue to be told what is dreamed so that evil (manitous) do not 
accidentally bestow a blessing. When anyone is blessed by those who 
are evil, some (are) merely (blessed as regards) their bodies only, so 
that they will be strong in life. That verily we desire not at all. 
This verily is what we desire, that we may continue to help the 
future people, those who shall live in the future far after (us). They 
are the ones who will live in wretchedness in the future. That verily, 
my grandchild, is why I do this to you to-day. In making you fast 
earnestly, in so doing I do not in any way ill-treat you. If you are 
truly blessed this day, if by chance the manitous bless you, it will 
be well. Do not think of me, ‘my grandfather treats me harshly.’ 
I also surely desire you to live a good life. That is why I make you 
fast, my grandchild,” he was told by his grandfather. 
When he was seven years old he was made to fast very carefully, 
as he already thoroughly understood (and) did not forget what he 
was told. In summer he ceased fasting. Up to that time he fasted 
once in a while in summer; when he was naughty he was made to 
fast, likewise when he sneaked off though forbidden to go any place, 
he was made to fast. At the time he was seven years old he ceased 
doing so. He did what he was told. Whenever cold (weather) began 
then he began to be made to fast. After snow began to be on the 
eround he began to fast regularly for a day and sometimes for 
two days. 
In the middle of winter when he (had fasted) two days, he had a 
dream: ‘‘ Now, my grandchild, cease making your body so excessively 
hungry. I bestow a blessing on you. Only you must cook a dog for 
me to-morrow. If you cut him up so as to be divided in five parts, 
you will feed me. This, verily, will be the extent to which you 
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