The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-05
Copyright. 1901. by Harper Brothers.


medicine and then he could the wounded
by just breathing the wound
That night the Bear said to him: Hereafter you
shall have the feelings the When get
will have grunt like bear; and If you get
fierce, tushes like bears will stick out of your
mouth. that the people will know that you are very
angry. You shall have my power, and you can go into
any Of the lodges of the animals of which am the
chief" And he told him how get into these lodges
That day they stayed in the Bears lodge, and the
Rear took the claw off from his little finger and gave
it and little bundle of medicine to the boy. He said:
Take this and this bundle of medicine and put
them string and wear them your neck always,
the claw hanging 'front.' He taught him how to
make plums grow trees, and how to make ground
cherries of his mouth.
That night he sent the boy back TO the capp He
said: Tell father and mother not to mourn for
you, for you will in two days have driven
plenty % buffalo this place. and the people will kill
them and dry the meat. Now go to the camp and get
pipe and tobacco and bring them here"
The boy went back to the camp. When he went into
the lodge his father and mother were glad to see him.
He told them not to be anxious about him and not to
say anything about his having been away. Then he
and found his brother the chiefs son. asleep
He said Wake up brother. 1 want you to get
soma and a pipe from father. Tell one
that is for Bring it here. want to smoke with
you. 1 going away again. but you must stay in
camp. l shall return In few days" The chiefs son
got the things and gave them 10 the boy. He wanted
to go him, but the poor boy would not let him.
That same night the boy went back to the Bears
den carrying with him the pipe and tobacco After he
went lodge filed his pipe and lighted it, and
he the Bear smoked together. The Bear said to
him: After you have gone home whenever you smoke
always point your pipe toward my den and ask me to
with you After lighting pipe point it first
to Atius Tirawat and then blow few whifs to me.
shall know that you still remember me- All my
power from Atius He made me. There will be
an my days. there is to those of mortal
So long I 1 shall protect you; when die Of old
age you shall die, too"
After this he said: Now bring my youngest boy
here" The boy brought little cub, and the Bear
said; Now kill him." The boy hesitated to do this.
He kill the little bear but said to him.
Go on my brother, kill me- After this am going to
be a spirit always be with you" Then the boy
killed him skinned him and tanned his hide. After
tanned, he put some red medicine paint on the
hide When this DONE Bear told him put his
paint and his club in this hide and to
wrap them up make bundle of them. Then he
said: Now. my son. to your people and when you
get hang bundle at the back OF the lodge
and people know nothing of this Keep it secret
Wherever you go. wherever are. shall be with
YOU"
The boy went home the camp, and told his mother
to hang up the bundle, the Bear had said. Next
morning he in and all the people saw him.
They surprised for they had thought that he had
been killed By this time the Pawnees had all the buff
they wanted, and the next day they started back
to their village.
After they reached their home the boy told the
chiefs wanted him to go off with him the
war-path His brother said 1T good. will go" The
poor boy took his bundle and they started After tray
cling many days they to of the
They went into the village in the daytime and took
many horses and started with them riding hard.
enemy pursued them. and at length they could
them coming, and it seemed if they must
overtake them. Then tho poor boy got off his horse
stopped. telling his brother to driving the
horses.
10y had painted himself red his whole body.
his club in his hand. and had his feather
tel on his head and the little bearskin his back.
The enemy up and tried to kill him. but they
could not. He would after and kill MIN. and
all the others would shoot him with their
but they could hurt him. last they left him
and went back and he went and overlook the chiefs
Then his brother that he had great power.
this they travelled slowly and at last reached
the village. His brother told the people that this
powerful that they had taken the horses in broad
daylight, and the had stayed behind foot
and fought the enemy off, while he drove the horses
A few days after they reached home, party
of the enemy attacked the village All the Pawnees
to fight them, but the boy stayed behind
the lodge. He took down his bundle filed the pipe
pointed Atius. and then toward the Bears
lodge, and smoked Then he took the paint and mixed
it with rubbed it all his body his
face; that painted Then he put the feather
on his the little bear robe his back and
took his war club n his hand and started The
told hin, that in going into battle. he must
never toward the east, but must attack going
toward the west So he went around and came on the
battlefield from side.
up he that his people having
hard time and being driven back There
enemy who seemed to be the bravest OF ALL The
poor boy rushed this and killed him with his
club and then back to his line When his peo
pie looked him and that it really the poor
boy who had just brave deed. they knew that
what chiefs had said true When he started
again rush toward the enemys line, all the Pawnees
followed him. He among the enemy, and with mis-
club killed and there and the enemy be-
came afraid and ran, and the Pawnees followed and
killed many them That night they returned to the
village rejoicing the victory Everybody pIas
ing the young Old calling his name,
Young singing about him and old women
dancing before him. People no longer made of his
father mother of him. Now they looked upon him
as q great and powerful person
The had told him that when he wanted his
changed he must call himself Ku ruks la uks tt.
Medicine Bear.
That night the boy in his sleep
and spoke him. He said: MY son, tomorrow the
chief of the tribe going ask to take his daugh
for your wife, but you must not do this yet wish
Won to you done certain things. If
take before that time, your power will from
YOU"
The next day the chief Medicine Bear and
asked him to marry his daughter, and told him the
peope wanted him be their head chief. He refused.
Some time after this all the different tribes that had
been attacked by joined forces and down
gether to fight the Pawrees All the people wenl out
TO meet them but he stayed in his lodge and painted
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