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  INDIAN 
  MEDICAL 
  EXHIBIT— 
  WHITEBREAD 
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  replied 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  bears. 
  Ii 
  was 
  then 
  proposed 
  thai 
  they 
  make 
  a 
  bow 
  and 
  some 
  

   armws 
  and 
  sec 
  [f 
  they 
  could 
  1 
  1 
  < 
  >i 
  turn 
  man's 
  weapons 
  against 
  himself. 
  So 
  one 
  

   bear 
  go 
  1 
  a 
  nice 
  piece 
  of 
  locusl 
  wood 
  ami 
  another 
  sacrificed 
  himself 
  for 
  the 
  good 
  

   of 
  the 
  rest 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  furnish 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  his 
  entrails 
  lor 
  the 
  string. 
  Bui 
  when 
  

   everything 
  was 
  ready 
  ami 
  the 
  firsl 
  bear 
  stepped 
  up 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  trial 
  ii 
  was 
  

   found 
  thai 
  in 
  letting 
  the 
  arrow 
  fly 
  after 
  drawing 
  back 
  the 
  bow 
  his 
  long 
  daws 
  

   caught 
  the 
  String 
  and 
  spoiled 
  the 
  shot. 
  This 
  was 
  annoying, 
  hut 
  another 
  su^- 
  

   gested 
  that 
  lie 
  could 
  overcome 
  the 
  difficulty 
  by 
  cutting 
  his 
  claws, 
  which 
  was 
  

   accordingly 
  done, 
  and 
  on 
  a 
  second 
  trial 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  arrow 
  went 
  

   Straight 
  to 
  the 
  mark. 
  Bui 
  here 
  the 
  chief, 
  the 
  old 
  While 
  Hear, 
  interposed 
  and 
  

   said 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  have 
  long 
  claws 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  he 
  able 
  

   to 
  climb 
  trees. 
  "One 
  Of 
  us 
  has 
  already 
  died 
  to 
  furnish 
  the 
  bowstring 
  and 
  if 
  

   we 
  now 
  cut 
  off 
  our 
  claws 
  we 
  shall 
  all 
  have 
  to 
  starve 
  together. 
  It 
  is 
  heller 
  to 
  

   trust 
  to 
  the 
  teeth 
  and 
  claws 
  which 
  nature 
  has 
  given 
  us. 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  

   man's 
  weapons 
  were 
  not 
  intended 
  for 
  us." 
  

  

  No 
  one 
  could 
  suggest 
  any 
  better 
  plan, 
  so 
  the 
  old 
  chief 
  dismissed 
  the 
  council 
  

   and 
  the 
  hears 
  dispersed 
  lo 
  their 
  forest 
  haunts 
  without 
  having 
  concerted 
  any 
  

   means 
  for 
  preventing 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  race. 
  Had 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  

   the 
  council 
  been 
  otherwise, 
  we 
  should 
  now 
  he 
  at 
  war 
  with 
  the 
  hears, 
  hut 
  as 
  

   it 
  is 
  the 
  hunter 
  does 
  not 
  even 
  ask 
  the 
  bear's 
  pardon 
  when 
  he 
  kills 
  one. 
  

  

  The 
  deer 
  next 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  under 
  their 
  chief, 
  the 
  Little 
  Deer, 
  and 
  after 
  

   some 
  deliberation 
  resolved 
  to 
  inflict 
  rheumatism 
  upon 
  every 
  hunter 
  who 
  

   should 
  kill 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  number, 
  unless 
  he 
  took 
  care 
  to 
  ask 
  their 
  pardon 
  for 
  

   the 
  offense. 
  They 
  sent 
  notice 
  of 
  their 
  decision 
  to 
  the 
  nearest 
  settlement 
  of 
  

   Indians 
  and 
  told 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  how 
  to 
  make 
  propitiation 
  when 
  

   necessity 
  forced 
  them 
  to 
  kill 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  tribe. 
  Now, 
  whenever 
  the 
  

   hunter 
  brings 
  down 
  a 
  deer, 
  the 
  Little 
  Leer, 
  who 
  is 
  swift 
  as 
  the 
  wind 
  and 
  

   can 
  not 
  he 
  wounded, 
  runs 
  quickly 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  spot 
  and 
  bending 
  over 
  the 
  blood- 
  

   stains 
  asks 
  the 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  if 
  it 
  has 
  heard 
  the 
  prayer 
  of 
  the 
  hunter 
  

   for 
  pardon. 
  If 
  the 
  reply 
  be 
  "Yes" 
  all 
  is 
  well 
  and 
  the 
  Little 
  Deer 
  goes 
  

   on 
  his 
  way, 
  hut 
  if 
  the 
  reply 
  he 
  in 
  the 
  negative 
  he 
  follows 
  on 
  the 
  trail 
  of 
  the 
  

   hunter, 
  guided 
  by 
  the 
  drops 
  of 
  blood 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  until 
  he 
  arrives 
  at 
  the 
  

   cabin 
  in 
  the 
  settlement, 
  when 
  the 
  Little 
  Deer 
  enters 
  invisibly 
  and 
  strikes 
  the 
  

   neglectful 
  hunter 
  with 
  rheumatism, 
  so 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  rendered 
  on 
  the 
  instant 
  

   a 
  helpless 
  cripple. 
  No 
  hunter 
  who 
  has 
  regard 
  for 
  his 
  health 
  ever 
  fails 
  to 
  

   ask 
  pardon 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  for 
  killing 
  it. 
  although 
  some 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  learned 
  the 
  

   proper 
  formula 
  may 
  attempt 
  to 
  turn 
  aside 
  the 
  Little 
  Deer 
  from 
  his 
  pursuit 
  

   by 
  building 
  a 
  fire 
  behind 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  trail. 
  

  

  Next 
  came 
  the 
  fishes 
  and 
  reptiles, 
  who 
  had 
  their 
  own 
  grievances 
  against 
  

   humanity. 
  They 
  held 
  a 
  joint 
  council 
  and 
  determined 
  to 
  make 
  their 
  victims 
  

   dream 
  of 
  snakes 
  twining 
  about 
  them 
  in 
  slimy 
  folds 
  and 
  blowing 
  their 
  fetid 
  

   breath 
  in 
  their 
  faces, 
  or 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  dream 
  of 
  eating 
  raw 
  or 
  decaying 
  fish, 
  

   so 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  lose 
  appetite, 
  sicken, 
  and 
  die. 
  Thus 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  snake 
  

   and 
  fish 
  dreams 
  are 
  accounted 
  for. 
  

  

  Finally 
  the 
  birds, 
  insects, 
  and 
  smaller 
  animals 
  came 
  together 
  for 
  a 
  like 
  

   purpose, 
  and 
  the 
  grubworm 
  presided 
  over 
  the 
  deliberations. 
  It 
  was 
  decided 
  

   that 
  each 
  in 
  turn 
  should 
  express 
  an 
  opinion 
  and 
  then 
  vote 
  on 
  the 
  question 
  

   as 
  to 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  man 
  should 
  he 
  deemed 
  guilty. 
  Seven 
  votes 
  were 
  to 
  he 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  condemn 
  him. 
  One 
  after 
  another 
  denounced 
  man's 
  cruelty 
  and 
  

   injustice 
  toward 
  the 
  other 
  animals 
  and 
  voted 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  his 
  death. 
  The 
  

   frog 
  spoke 
  first 
  ami 
  said: 
  "We 
  must 
  do 
  something 
  to 
  check 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  

   the 
  race 
  or 
  people 
  will 
  become 
  so 
  numerous 
  thai 
  we 
  shall 
  be 
  crowded 
  

   from 
  off 
  the 
  earth. 
  See 
  how 
  man 
  has 
  kicked 
  me 
  ahout 
  because 
  I'm 
  ugly, 
  

   as 
  he 
  says, 
  until 
  my 
  hack 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  sores;" 
  and 
  here 
  he 
  showed 
  the 
  

  

  