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  KLEXCII 
  F. 
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  WARFARE 
  425 
  

  

  tu 
  do 
  one's 
  duty 
  even 
  at 
  the 
  risk 
  of 
  life. 
  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  

   ceremony 
  of 
  smoking, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte 
  

   gens 
  addressed 
  the 
  circle. 
  lie 
  dilated 
  on 
  the 
  responsibilities 
  that 
  

   rested 
  on 
  the 
  scouts 
  and 
  reminded 
  them 
  of 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  truth- 
  

   fulness 
  in 
  making 
  their 
  reports, 
  as 
  their 
  words 
  would 
  be 
  heard 
  by 
  

   the 
  unseen 
  powers 
  which 
  never 
  permitted 
  a 
  falsehood 
  to 
  go 
  unpun- 
  

   ished. 
  He 
  recounted 
  the 
  results 
  that 
  would 
  follow 
  any 
  untruthful 
  

   statement 
  — 
  the 
  man 
  would 
  be 
  struck 
  by 
  lightning, 
  bitten 
  by 
  a 
  snake, 
  

   injured 
  in 
  the 
  foot 
  by 
  some 
  sharp 
  object, 
  or 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  enemy. 
  

   At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  charge 
  the 
  young 
  men 
  returned 
  to 
  their 
  tents, 
  

   where 
  their 
  friends 
  had 
  made 
  haste 
  to 
  prepare 
  food 
  for 
  them, 
  packing 
  

   pounded 
  corn 
  or 
  meat 
  in 
  bladder 
  bags. 
  Extra 
  pairs 
  of 
  moccasins 
  

   were 
  also 
  provided. 
  With 
  these 
  preparations 
  the 
  men 
  were 
  sent 
  off 
  

   in 
  small 
  groups 
  to 
  scour 
  the 
  country 
  in 
  every 
  direction 
  for 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  

   10 
  or 
  15 
  miles. 
  Meanwhile 
  the 
  camp, 
  thus 
  protected, 
  might 
  move 
  on, 
  

   but 
  the 
  young 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  were 
  directed 
  by 
  the 
  herald 
  to 
  wear 
  

   their 
  blankets 
  in 
  a 
  given 
  manner 
  so 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  for 
  spies. 
  

  

  Generally 
  speaking, 
  an 
  Indian 
  w 
  T 
  as 
  fond 
  of 
  going 
  upon 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  looking 
  over 
  the 
  landscape, 
  but 
  he 
  did 
  so 
  

   only 
  in 
  localities 
  free 
  of 
  enemies. 
  When 
  desirous 
  of 
  searching 
  a 
  

   region 
  to 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  it 
  was 
  safe, 
  he 
  might 
  ascend 
  to 
  a 
  

   vantage 
  point, 
  but 
  while 
  there 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  stand 
  erect, 
  making 
  him- 
  

   self 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  object 
  to 
  attract 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  a 
  hidden 
  foe, 
  

   but 
  concealed 
  himself 
  that 
  he 
  might 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  see 
  without 
  being 
  

   seen. 
  It 
  was 
  accounted 
  an 
  honor 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  as 
  a 
  scout, 
  the 
  

   assignment 
  ranking 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  participation 
  in 
  a 
  war 
  party. 
  To 
  

   have 
  smoked 
  the 
  war 
  pipe 
  was 
  an 
  honor 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  "counted" 
  

   when 
  the 
  reciting 
  of 
  brave 
  deeds 
  was 
  permissible. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  scouts, 
  the 
  eldest, 
  the 
  one 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  pipe 
  

   had 
  been 
  offered 
  first, 
  went 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  the 
  Tent 
  of 
  War, 
  where 
  the 
  

   leaders 
  of 
  the 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte 
  gens 
  were 
  gathered 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  report. 
  If 
  

   an 
  enemy 
  had 
  been 
  discovered, 
  a 
  messenger 
  was 
  dispatched 
  to 
  sum- 
  

   mon 
  all 
  the 
  leading 
  warriors 
  to 
  a 
  council 
  of 
  war. 
  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   scouts 
  was 
  made 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  council 
  and 
  the 
  necessary 
  action 
  

   determined. 
  If 
  the 
  scouts 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  enemy 
  was 
  in 
  large 
  

   force 
  but 
  was 
  lingering 
  about 
  as 
  if 
  waiting 
  for 
  an 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  attack 
  the 
  camp, 
  then 
  it 
  was 
  debated 
  whether 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  best 
  to 
  

   retreat 
  or 
  to 
  send 
  out 
  warriors 
  to 
  attack 
  them 
  and 
  meanwhile 
  have 
  

   the 
  camp 
  put 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  defense. 
  If 
  the 
  enemy 
  was 
  in 
  small 
  num- 
  

   bers, 
  then 
  the 
  council 
  might 
  determine 
  to 
  send 
  out 
  a 
  party 
  to 
  give 
  

   them 
  battle 
  or 
  drive 
  them 
  away. 
  In 
  either 
  case 
  the 
  departing 
  war- 
  

   riors 
  would 
  be 
  led 
  by 
  a 
  prominent 
  warrior 
  or 
  perhaps 
  a 
  chief. 
  It 
  was 
  

   only 
  in 
  defensive 
  warfare 
  that 
  a 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  couhl 
  

   go 
  to 
  war. 
  Such 
  warfare 
  was 
  called 
  ni'Tca 
  thixe, 
  "to 
  chase 
  people." 
  

  

  