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of times. I want to hit one enemy with that holy arrow and I want to strike 

 one enemy myself." 



Then Married-by-Carrjing-Water took out his sacred lance and addressing 

 the silver grizzly bear, told the men that he was supposed to cut 3 inches from 

 the end of the lance each time he struck an enemy. One time he had been walking 

 along the edge of the timber at Shell Creek when a bear attacked him. They 

 were so close together that there was not room to use an arrow so he took up his 

 stone ax. When the bear was about to seize him, he hit the bear on the head 

 and the Bear said, "Don't hit me again," so he drew back the stone ax. The 

 bear reached over back of his head and took out a red feather, handed it to the 

 man and said, "Whenever you meet an enemy, put this on your head. Make a 

 long lance and paint it red; when you meet the enemy, take out the stick and hit 

 the enemy with it. Even if they are aiming their guns at you, they will not 

 be able to hit you. Whenever anyone asks for the stick to strike the enemy, 

 give him both the stick and the feather for he will be successful. When jj^ou strike 

 the enemy, cut off a piece of the stick and take it to the west side of the camp and 

 point to the west as an offering to me."^^ 



Boy was the next to get up. His god was the hawk that he got from his Arikara 

 father. He had the tail feathers and a red feather that he held up as he called 

 his son, Bear-Comes-Out, to stand before him. Boy prayed, "I want my boy to 

 be one of the first to strike one of the enemies." 



Raven Paunch had the Long Arm bundle but he prayed to the horse instead. 

 He told how he had fasted 4 days and nights out on the prairies with his horse 

 which he led during the dajd:ime by means of thongs in the arms. The fourth 

 night he had a dream in which he saw the horse decorated with grass on top of 

 the head. The horse said, "Do like that with me when you go out against the 

 enemy; whether you take me or some other horse, paint us with white clay on the 

 shoulders in four places. The four white spots represent the 4 days you fasted 

 with the horse; it also represents the four legs I run with, for the four spots will 

 give my legs strength so that I can run without stumbling," He was riding 

 that horse then. 



Each of the other Old Wolves told of their dreams and ambitions. Four 

 Bears said to the scouts, "Go out and see if the six men and the white horse have 

 left the camp." 



The scouts crept close to the camp and saw the six men and the white horse 

 leave the camp with dogs trailing along, so they came back and reported to Four 

 Bears. When the enemy was some distance from the camp. Four Bears' men 

 surrounded and closed in on them. Bear-Comes-Out was first to strike the enemy 

 that his father had asked the hawk to give him. They killed the six men and took 

 the white horse, giving the scalps and horse to Four Bears who had a prior claim 

 to them since he had seen them in his dream. Then they hurried back to the 

 villages to dance the Victory dances. Four Bears called out the names of those 

 who had struck the enemy so that all would hear. 



Again Four Bears had a dream from the Wolves who gave him one enemy so he 

 organized a party to go out for that which had been promised him. This man was 

 an Assiniboin who would be found alone far to the north. They traveled north 

 until they came to the lake region. There was a lone tree by a lake and Bluestone 

 asked Four Bears to camp there as he wanted to fast under the nest occupied by 

 young eagles. Four Bears thought that it was a good idea. Bluestone's chest 

 skin was cut and he was hung from a limb so that his feet could scarcely touch the 

 ground. 



«s The west side of the eagle trapping lodge is holy. 



