The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-07

soft warm robes before the fire. That
night ! cried my self to sleep again.
prayed to Ak-wartat-dea to help me
and to let me dream of my medicine.
But did not dream. I did not sleep
we'll and kept waking up. was very
cold. The snow drifted in to the
hole. l was very miserable. In the
morning when I aw0ke l found that,
the showing had stopped and came
from the hole and wrapped the robe
about myself. All the snow was very
deep. l was very hungry and had not
dreamed of my medicine.
Cinnamon Bear Comes
found my companion and we
managed to go down the mountain to
where we had left the ten young men
but when we got there we found that
they had gone down the mountain.
We we're alone on the mountain. We
could not go down the mountain in
the soft deep snow. We must stay
there till It hardened. We felt very
hungry and sad. We returned to our
holes and lay down.
Four more days I stayed in the
hole for could not go down the
mountain with the deep drifts of soft
snow. Would have fallen II l did
not get buried in the snow. For
seven days had not tasted food and
I was very weak. I could hardly
stand. I sat beside the hole wrapped
in my robe. I thought I was going
to die. I felt there was something
behind me and I turned my head. A
big cinnamon bear stood behind me.
I did not feel afraid. I was too weak
to move. The bear took my hand in
his paw and put 1t in his mouth. He
had no teeth. Then I knew that he
Was my medicine and that 1t meant
that I should live to be an old man
and have no teeth the same as the
bear. began to feel my strength re-
turn. for I was glad to have met my
medicine. Suddenly the bear vanish
ed and in his place stood n mana
spirit man. He said, my son, what
the bear told you Is true, you will
live to be q very old man.. Further,
q gun will never harm you, and you
will not be killed by an arrow. Listen
to my advice. You must never be
hasty, either in temper or judgment"
He also told me that by the next
spring I would meet and slay four of
the enemy.
The spirit man vanished as he had
come. I got upon my feet. felt
strong. I felt elated for had found
my medicine. That is why / have
that cinnamon bear skin hanging on
the wall and why this piece of bear
skin hangs from my horses neck.
Almost Immediately chinook
wind came up and all the snow began
to melt and disappear. took the
robe from my shoulders and felt
strong and we'll. Hunger no longer
troubled me. felt strong. I came
down the mountain and returned to
my mother and my uncle. They
thought me dead, that I had died in
the blizzard ON the mountain. They
asked me II had found my medicine.
I told them I had but did not tell
what 1t was.
Makes His Medicine
was admitted as warrior that
winter. as L had taken my fast. l
fought with the enemy several times
but I did not tell what my medicine,
was or what had been told me that by
the next spring I would meet and
slay four of the enemy. hesitated
to do 30 for II you tell Of your medi-
cine and invoke It and It does not
come to pass you are laughed at for
ever. So ! said nothing. 81
Some of the Sioux, with whom we
were always at war, came one night
and stole . lot of our horses. Four
of US mounted our horses and rode
after them. They had not much start
of US and our horses were fresh. We
came In sight of them. They were
seven in number, while we were four.
I felt confident Of my medicine and
what the spirit man had told me. l
decided to put my medicine to the
test. called aloud that no gun
could harm me and that no arrow
could kill me. The leader told me
to be quiet, that the enemy would
hear US and we should not get them,
but I felt good and knew my medi-
cine would come out right. Again
! cried out that no gun could harm
me and sang aloud the bear song.
there the old man sang the bear
song with lot of spirit: he was liv-
ing again the fight.) We dashed
out after the enemy. They were
strung out driving the horses before
them. One of them was behind the
rest. had q spirited young horse
and got ahead of my companions and
went after him. I got close and shot
an arrow at him but did not hit him.
He looked back and saw was alone.
ahead of my companions. He turn
ed and drew gun and waited for
me. dashed up close to him with
my knife in my hand. l dashed into
him. As we touched he thrust the
gun at my side and pulled the trig-
ger. 1t did not 60 off. It missed.
ire. plunged my knife into hi
side and he fell from the saddle. l
and shouted. My medicine
was right. My spirit bear was with
me. No gun could harm me. dash
ed on after the. others of the horse
stealers. One I killed with an arrow.
Two Of the others turned to meet
me. knew that at last would meet,