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names were remembered, and the warriore were given proper credit. 

 In the okl days each warrior marked his arrows, hence it coidd usu- 

 ally be determined by whose hands the slain fell ; but after the intro- 

 duction of guns it would have been impossible to ascertain who had 

 killed the Sioux unless the call above mentioned were given during 

 the engagement. 



It was not unusual for a warrior to sink exhausted during a fight. 

 This misfortune once befell Odjib'we, and the incident M^as related by 

 his friend Niski'gwun,who was present on one occasion when Odjib'we 

 was recording songs on the phonograph. Niski'gwun was with Od- 

 jib'we in many of the contests with the Sioux. Niski'gwfm stated 

 that on one occasion Odjib'we went into a fight without his "medi- 

 cine." The fight had scarcely begim when Odjib'we appeared to 

 be almost paralyzed. He was not able to strike a blow in his own 

 defense and would have fallen an easy prey to the Sioux had not 

 Niski'gwun rushed to him and given him medicine from his own bag, 

 mixing it with water. Niski'gwun also' sprayed the medicine on 

 Odjib'we's feet and limbs with a wisp of brush. This revived him 

 and enabled him to rise. Soon he was entirely himself and the fight 

 was won, the Sioux village being captured. 



Niski'gwtin stated that he sang the following song when he applied 

 the medicine. 



No. 32. Song of Help in the Fight (Catalogue No. 385) 



Sung by Niski'gwun 

 Voice J= 144 

 Drum J= 108 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 2 ) 



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