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he had to hire a good draftsman to do the painting, which cost him 

 another five dollars, and finally he had to buy the appropriate feather 

 decoration. The angular horseshoe at the bottom of the blanket 

 symbolizes good luck with horses. The drawing is that of an eagle in 

 the clouds, which the Russells take to represent Thunder, though the 

 dreamer did not expressly so identify it. This visionary had been very 



Fig. 3 (50.1-3987). Blanket of Egg Chapter. 



poor, owning only three horses. He went to the mountains to fast and 

 saw the blanket. Then he rapidly became wealthy and was fortunate 

 in all his enterprises. He sold land for which other tribesmen had never 

 received more than $600 for $2,200, and died as one of the richest Crow 

 Indians, which his people ascribe to the vision. Once in the spring and 

 once in the fall he would visit the Russells, bid them unwrap the bundle 

 containing the blanket, and prophesy good luck for the couple that sea- 

 son. Then Henry always gave him five dollars or an equivalent present. 



