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Visions of the Tobacco were not confined to members. Bull-chief 

 slept outdoors one winter and dreamt that a few men appeared to him 

 and sang a song which he still remembered at the time of our interview : 



hiren itsire bure* ik'akawe. 



These horses (and) mules look at. 



ik'akawe, di itse cio-m&tsik. 



Look, you well for a long time shall (live) . 



Bull-chief attributes his longevity to this experience. Though asked to 

 join the Tobacco society, he always refused to be adopted. 



Child-in-his-mouth was a member of the society but was blessed 

 with a Tobacco vision prior to his entrance. His wife's grandfather had 

 been one of the principal members and passed on his medicine, consist- 

 ing of a necklace with two little Tobacco bags, to his son. When the 

 son died, the widow kept the medicine. Through her daughter she told 

 her son-in-law, my informant, to take the medicine to the mountains and 

 try to get a revelation. He was so poor then that he had to travel afoot. 

 He went out to fast on the prairie. On the fourth day about sunset he 

 was crying continually while leaning against a rock. The camp was 

 near enough for him to hear the conversation and the barking of the 

 dogs. While hearing these sounds he got sleepy and fell asleep. 



He does not know whether he was sound asleep or not. An old man 

 and woman were lying on the ground before him. The woman lifted her 

 head, looked at Child-in-the-mouth, and said to her companion, "Here 

 comes our poor child." The old man began to sing, shaking a round 

 rattle, which was decorated with a scalp tied to the top and also with a 

 piece of weasel skin. He sang as follows: "Tobacco I am calling; 

 Tobacco is growing; Tobacco is growing stronger." The woman wore a 

 belt with blue beads, a buckskin dress, and beaded leggings, the man 

 wore a similar dress. They lay about two feet apart, and in the middle 

 there was a little Tobacco garden. After the first song the garden seemed 

 a little larger. The same song was sung again, and the garden increased 

 in size once more. After the third song the garden got longer than the 

 length of the old couple's bodies. After the fourth song the garden 

 extended the length of about 50 feet. At the end of each song the couple 

 tried to rise. The second time they began to sit up, at the third song they 

 sat erect, at the fourth they got up on their feet and stretched themselves. 

 Child-in-the-mouth then saw a black deer's tail painted red tied to the 

 woman's head, while the old man had a meadowlark on his head with 

 dried grass over its bill. Suddenly a young man was standing between 



