The Canton times., 1900-06-15
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to the young man and said: Il shal
help you, too, and | shall be with you
wherever you go. 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 tc
your enemy, strike him with it and
count COUP So the Deer gave him
the rattle, string of little fawn hoot
sheaths, strung together on cord OF
twisted sinew.
Next spoke the Bear, big and with
grutf voice: Everybody knows me
and that | am hard to kill. If | am
wounded / know how to cure myself.
Even if l 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 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 one that spoke
gave him his power or helped him in
some way. And after they had all
taken pity on him. and told him all
these things, he fell asleep again.
When he awoke and looked about him.
he saw that he was at the same place
where he had lain down by the big
lake in which he had seen the animals
swimming. For a long time he sat
there, thinking of what he had heard
and seen, and then he got up and went
home to the camp.
When he reached home, he called
the young men together and told them
what he had seen and heard, and
showed them the dance as the animals
had shown it to him and the different
things that they had given to him;
and he told them that this dance would
make them lucky in war. While he was
showing them the dance. the young
man did many wonderful things before
the people. So the young men formed
a society which they called Young
Dogs, and many were taught the dance.
ANY young man who wanted to join
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the dance. and the ornaments were put
on him, as the animals had put them
on the young Rec when he had been
in the animals lodge.
1t was a long time after all these
things happened that Medicine Chief
was visiting the Rees, and he stopped
for a long time in their village. While
he was there he saw this dance, and
he liked it, for it was a war dance. He
was taken into the society, and the
Rees gave him the secrets of the dance.
So, when he got back to his own tribe,
he told his people, the Pawnee Loups,
about the dance and advised them to
take it up and learn it. All this hap
pened before | was born.
When / was big boy, growing up,
almost young man, old enough to go
to war, Medicine Chief was the leader
of the Young Dogs society. He was
a very old man. When | considered
this society, | saw that those who be-
longed to it were the men | wished to
be like; they were great warriors, men
who had but one heart, those who stood
foremost of all men by their victories
over their enemies. They took many
horses and were rich.
Now man who wanted to learn the
secrets of this society and how to prac-
tice this dance had TO go through hard
trial. He had to dance for long time
without food or drink, until he was
very tired, and hungry, and thirsty,
and he had to have his flesh pierced and
cords tied to his skin, and he had to
pull himself free from the cords by
tearing them out of his skin. He had
to endure the sufferings that a war
rior bears.
| had a friend named Big Spotted
Horse who belonged to the Young
Dogs society. AT the time he was
and fasting so as to learn the
secret of the dance, the Sioux came
down to fight us. and we all went out to
meet them. At this time he was wear
ing the ornaments which belonged to
the dance. In the fight Spotted Horse.
who was in the front of the battle, was
in the arm. but even though
he was wounded he rode right over his
enemy and struck him. Soon after
this he got the secrets of this dance.
and after that became great warrior. |
and every time he went on the warpath |
against his enemies he would bring |
back many horses and scalps. At last |
he became a chief.
used to talk with my friend Spotted |
Horse about the dance, for | had seen |
with my own eyes the great things that
he had done and how fortunate he had |
been in war ever since joining it. and |
had thought great deal about joining |
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