The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12

oance which these people are dam
cling? This dance / give to you. Watch
it carefully and observe just what is
done. l give you this dance. Take
it home to your people and let them
learn it and dance it. 1t will make
them lucky in war"
When this man, the Dog, had fin
ished speaking to the young man, he
turned to the others in the lodge and
said to them:
Brothers, look at this young man;
you see him and you know how. un-
happy he is. Take pity on him and
give him your power, for L have pitied
him and have given him the power
that l have. Try to do what you can
for him." Then he sat down.
For little while no one said any
thing. All sat there looking at the
ground, or at the fire that blazed in
the middle of the lodge. At last the
Owl stood on his feet and spoke to the
chief, saying: 81 also will do some
thing for this young man." He
turned to the young man and said
to him:
when 60 about at night, do not
care how dark it may be, can see
as well as if it were day. You shall
be like me in this, for in the night you
shall see as l do. Wherever you may
go at night I will be with you. Take
these feathers and wear them tied to
your hair" As he said this he gave
him some feathers from his back to
wear on his head. Then the Owl sat
down.
The Buffalo Bull sat next to the
Owl, and after little silence he stood
up and spoke. He said:
You shall be like me, too. Wher-
ever you travel about my spirit shall
be with you. You shall be strong and
you shall not get tired. You shall be
brave, too. If you see your enemy
right before you you shall not be
afraid, but shall rush upon him and
shall knock him down and run over
him as I do Then the Bull gave the
young man a shoulder belt of tanned
buffalo hide, saying: ''Wear this when
you go into BATTLE" Then he sat
down.
After little while the Porcupine
stood up and spoke to the young man.
He said:
81 will also do something for you.
1 have the power to make my enemys
heart like a woman's, and in this you
shall be like me. Your enemies will
fear you, and when you fight with
el,o and
kill them" He gave the young man
some quills from his back to embroid-
er the leather shoulder belt with, and
then he sat down.
When these people were speaking
everyone else sat quiet, saying moth
ing, but listening to the speeches,
while the pipe passed from hand to
hand and the fire fiickered and the
posts cast black shadows and the
smoke rising toward the smoke hole
spread out and made thin blue haze
in the top of the lodge. At length the
Eagle rose to his feet and stood look
ing about him, while everybody wait
ed to hear what he would say. When
he began to speak he said:
Everybody knows me, and knows
that l am lucky in war. When [ go
out to fight kill my enemies, and all
the others run away. Now |, too, will
be with you wherever you so; and you
shall kill your enemies as [ do mine.
Take courage, therefore, for you shall
be like an eagle" He gave the young
man some eagle tail feathers to tie on
his head, and to tie on the shoulder
belt that the Buffalo Bull had given
him.
Next to the Eagle sat the Whooping
Crane, and when he got on his feet
to speak he stood up very tall, and his
head reached up nearly to the blue
smoke that hung under the roof. His
voice was loud and clear when he
said:
81 know how to scare my enemies,
and in this you shall be like me. I
will be with you wherever you go.
When you attack your enemy, whistle
on this, and he will be afraid and will
want to run away" The Whooping
Crane took one of the bones out of
his wing and gave it to the young
man, and showed him how to make a
war whistle out of it and how to blow
it when he went into battle.
Then the Deer stood up and spoke
to the young man and said: 81 shall
help you, too, and l shall be with you
wherever you 90. lean run so fast that
no one can catch me, and you shall
be able to run as fast as [ do. Take this
rattle, and when you come close to
your enemy, strike him with it and
count COUP" So the Deer gave him
the rattle, a string of little fawn hoof
sheaths, strung together on a cord of
twisted sinew.
Next spoke the Bear, big and with
gruff voice: every body knows me
and that I am hard to kill. If 1 am
wounded 1 know how to cure myself.
Even if 1 am very badly hurt L can
make myself well again. You shall
be like me. When the bullets or the
arrows of the enemy hit you, you can
save yourself. You shall be able to en-
dure even great hardships.'
The Bear then gave him a strip of
fur from the roach of his back for a
belt to wear about his waist After the
Bear, many other animals spoke to the
young man. and each enc that spoke
gave him his power or helped him in
some way. And after they had all
taken pity on him, and told him ali
these things, he fell asleep again.
When he awoke and looked about him,
he saw that he was at the same place