20 Till. .\Mi:i{ic.\.\ Mrsi:iM .101 a. \a!. 



iKi riHiir in tlic |)lii)ii()ur:i|)li tor lie liad rccci\<'(| ;i w aniitiu'. I')\cii as lie was 

 siii^iii^ that (lay a iiicsscii^cr was jiallopiii^'^ in to call liiin home wlicrc lii> 

 wit'c had hccii seized with a heinorrlia^e, something; she had never hefore 

 experienced. Was it not sufficient that llii^ affliction should come on hi- 

 lionie the moment he hcfi^ai) tiiis serious hiisiness and to him of all other-, 

 tlie fireatest " hlood-stopjx'r " of the trilx'? Hence, not afi:aiii. WC talkeil 

 lon^- and earnestly of hieedinu and its causes. We learned from him that 

 it was a had case of nose-l)leedin^f that ^^axc him lii> fright. We pi-odueed 

 a hit of surgical cotton and explained it> \ii-tnes when projxily manipu- 

 late(| and otfered our assistance at tln' next attack. He tucked some of th<' 

 cotton in his Kelt and went lii> way. 



W'e worked with other Indians on le>> difficult -uhjccts and waited. 

 At last 'riie-lJcar-One surprised us 1)\' announcinii- that h<' would proceed 

 witli the j)lioiioi;raph. He <:ave no exi)lanations and we asked for none. 

 Fortunately, nothing occurred to interrupt him and the ritual wa- com- 

 pleted. 



it was some time after this that we made our first formal r<'(|iic-l of 

 The-15ear-()ne. W'e asked his aid to scciu'c a medicine i)i|)c liundle. He 

 made no comment hcyond statinji' that since wc now had the I'itual and the 

 songs the recpiest was reasonahle. 



We did not see him for a long time after this, hut hcanl it talked ahoni 

 that The-Hear-One now had a pipe hundle in his tipi and had had a dream 

 in which he was asked to give it to a certain white man, also seen in the 

 dream. To these Indians, dreams are sacred and not to he disr<'garded ; 

 hence, though to their minds a terrible fate threatened the pipe, there 

 seemed no remedy. The hope was that the certain white man would shrink 

 from the responsibility. One day our friend setU f.M- us. W'lien seatefl in 

 his tij)i he recounted our recpiest, his dream, and pointed to the hundle. 

 The transfer was arranged and finally executed without liindraiice. The 

 event was something of a scandal in tlie tribe, but nothing was said before 

 us and the prestige and medicine power of our friend was too great to 

 permit calling him to task. Yet of talk there was no lack. Strange to 

 say no Indian seemed to question the reality of the alleged dream; but 

 while The-Bear-One never broke faith with us to oin- knowledge and e\ cr 

 seemed sincere, we never felt quite certain about that dream. 



So when you look upon this pipe do not forget the ho})es and fears of 

 many that once clustered around it; that e\'en its story is not yet told; 

 that though The-Bear-One has become as the dust of the ])lains, the works 

 of iiis hand and even his voice are here. 



