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armed with spears and some with ckibs. Odjib'we's companion 

 was killed, but he himself escaped, running along distance before he 

 realized that he had a gun. Suddenly a Sioux attacked him with a 

 club. Odjib'we shot the Sioux and then hid behind a great oak tree. 

 According to their custom, whenever a Sioux was killed the other 

 Sioux suddenly disappeared. From behmd the oak Odjib'we could 

 not see a single Sioux. He did not stop to scalp the man he had 

 killed but started for the village. On the way he met some Chippewa 

 and tliey all went back to look for the Sioux. They could not find 

 any living enemies, but they scalped the dead man. It was during 

 this skirmish that Odjib'we first sang his dream song (No. 1). 



The following song (No. 3) was composed by Odjib'we after killing 

 a Sioux and was sung by him whsn carrying the scalp in the victory 

 dance. 



A small war party was organized by Bti'gonegi'jig (Hole-in-the- 

 day), Odjib'we being one of the number. They went to a point on 

 the Minnesota River near the site of the present city of St. Paul and 

 took their position near the road which the Sioux would travel in gomg 

 from their village to the white settlement, Hole-in-the-day told his 

 men to lie in a row behind a fallen tree and gave strict orders that 

 they should await his signal for firing, that only one man should fire, 

 and that no one should shoot a woman. In silence the Chippewa lay 

 behind the log, waiting for an unwary wSioux to pass that way. Soon 

 a company of men and women came down the path, talking and laugh- 

 ing merrily. The warriors watched their leader but he gave no signal 

 and the Sioux passed on. Later a man came alone. Hole-in-the- 

 day gave the signal to Odjib'we, who fired. The Sioux staggered and 

 fell on his side. Odjib'we rushed forward and dragged the man 

 toward a clump of bushes, but his victim died on the way. Because he 

 caught the wounded Sioux by the arm Odjib'we was entitled to wear 

 thereafter a skunk-skin badge on his right arm (see pi. 6; also 

 p. 62). Hole-in-the-day gave the order, ''Cut his throat at once." 

 This was done, and Odjib'we himself took the man's scalp. The 

 Chippewa then ran down to the river and, entering a canoe, started 

 for the opposite shore. Meantime the sound of the firing had 

 attracted the attention of the Sioux, who hastened from their village, 

 but were unable to overtake the Chippewa. Helpless the Sioux stood 

 on the bank and saw the Chippewa dancing on the opposite shore, 

 wavmg the fresh scalp, and taunting them. Odjib'we sang the 

 following song, which he composed at that time. 



After this dance the Chippewa returned to their home, Odjib'we 

 saying that they "just killed that man to let the Sioux know they 

 had been around." 



