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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



fBri-L. 61 



Ma(o'-wai}bli' (Bear Eaglo) said that ho was once leader of a war 

 party against the Crows. One member of the party was Paijke'- 

 ska-napin' (Shell Necklace), who could inquire of the sacred stones. 

 One night in the camp Eagle Man asked Shell Necklace to secure 

 news of the enemy. A place on the ground was prepared and covered 

 with a red blanket. When the stone returned Shell Necklace covered 

 himself with a buffalo robe, head and all, and asked what news it 

 brought. When the usual pipe was offered to the sacred stone a 

 wolf was heard howling in the distance. Shell Necklace said the 

 stone reported that the next day they would meet two men on horse- 

 back and see a large camp of the enemy. The stone told the men 

 to be ready, and they would kill the enemy, who would fall on "pre- 

 pared" or soft ground. Then the stones said that they wanted a 

 buffalo as a reward in the morning, that the men would kill the buffalo 

 with an arrow, and that it would fall with its head toward the south. 

 The next morning the men killed a buffalo as the stone had precUcted 

 and put fresh sage in the wound. Beside the prepared ground 

 where the stone had lain was a painted gift-stick with tobacco tied 

 at the top. (See pi. 15.) They laid this stick at the head of the buf- 

 falo they had killed, leaving it on the prairie as an offering. That 

 day they met two enemies and killed them both. 



The two following songs were said to have been sung by Shell 

 Necklace while giving this demonstration. The first concerns 

 himself, setting forth his qualifications to ask favors of the sacred 

 stones. The second concerns his power as a medicine-man, which 

 enables him to control persons at a distance. 



No. 77. "In a Sacred Manner I Live" (Catalogue No. 632) 

 Sung by Bear Eagle 



Voice J= 100 

 Drum not recorded 



r , r - -^ -*- -^ 







Wa - kaq - kai] yaq wa - oij we wa - kaij - kaij yaij wa 



oij we ma-lipi-ya ta wa -ki - ta 



ye 



wa - kay - 



kaq ya;j wa-oij we mi - ta 



Sujj - ke - ta ye - lo he 



