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the girl who was now sitting before the priests. The singing was kept 
up by the priests for one whole day and one whole night. 
The next day the girl was taken to the lodge of the priests and there 
she had to live. Her parents then had to live with these people, although 
they belonged to the Kawarakis, a band of the Pitahauirat. The girl 
had to sit under the bundle allof the time. She did not like this, for she 
wanted to go out and play with the girls, but the old man spoke to her 
and said: ‘‘You have holy ointment upon your body and you yourself 
are holy. You must sit still, for if you should go out and make any 
noise, the winds would hear you and would not send buffalo. If you 
play you will make a noise upon the ground that will scare the buffalo 
away, and the gods in the west would hear the noise and they would think 
that the people did not want cool days in the summer, nor rain.’’ So 
the girl lived with the old people and became the keeper of the sacred 
- bundles. Proud-Boy would go at night and peep into the lodge to see 
the girl. 
The time to goonthe buffalo hunt came. On the journey she had to 
carry the sacred bundle upon her back. When the journey was ended 
the bundle was placed upon the sticks and she sat down in front of it. 
Proud-Boy would pass by many times before the bundle was taken into 
the tipi and hung up. When this had been done, the girl had to go and 
sit down under the bundle. The people had not gone very far when they 
found many buffalo. The men went out and surrounded the buffalo. 
They killed and brought the meat to the priests’ lodge, where the girl 
was. The tongue and heart were boiled for the girl and this was all she 
ate. When the people had killed many buffalo and had plenty they 
went back to their village. As they neared the village, scouts were sent 
on ahead to see if the corn, beans, and squash were good. The runners 
went, and when they came back, they brought corn, beans, and squash 
and reported good crops. 
‘When the people entered the village, corn, beans, and squash were 
gathered, and the priests gave a ceremony,so that the girl might be washed. 
The priests met, the bundle was opened, and sweet-smelling grass was put 
upon glowing coals that were now placed in the southwest of the lodge. 
The contents of the bundle were waved over the smoke and were again 
placed upon the wrappers. The girl was taken to the smoke and a ritual 
_ was recited while the holy ointment was removed from her. The eyes 
of the gods were wrested from her after the ointment had been removed, 
so that she became the same as any other girl. Before telling her of her 
freedom, the high priest took some wild sage and dipped it into a bowl 
of water. With this he made motions about the girl, but did not touch 
