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She wore no dress, only her robe. She said to him, "I will take you out." 



Two Shields said, "This painted red stick is my power; it is as good as going 

 out." So he handed her the red stick and prayed for her while she rubbed the 

 red stick against her bare breast. 



Then she went to the next man and offered to take him out. She went to 

 several men who gave her the red stick to press to her chest. Before the ceremony, 

 my father had said to me, "Do not think about it when she goes to the holy 

 men. If you think of your wife at that time, you will not be successful. When 

 I was putting on the ceremony, sometimes my wives went out and other times 

 they rubbed the clubs on their chests. Afterwards I could always tell the differ- 

 ence for they seemed to have new life." 



After a while I saw her going out with Walking Chief who belonged to my 

 father's clan. He was the only one to have intercourse with her. Whenever 

 the men with the red sticks prayed, they asked aid only for me and my wife. 

 Then I sent her to Poor Wolf who represented bad luck or the Sun. 



Concerning Poor Wolf's role, Bears Arm, who witnessed the 

 ceremony performed by Wolf Chief, added: 



When Wolf Chief took the pipe to Poor Wolf, he not only prayed for Wolf 

 Chief and his wife but for the people in the ceremony and the whole tribe. His 

 prayers were supposed to show that by giving the ceremony he was responsible 

 for the welfare of all the people. Poor Wolf remained at the shelter to pray 

 after the ceremony broke up each evening. At that time he prayed at the four 

 directions, asking help for all the people. He was required to remain in his place 

 during the ceremony. 



Should any young man come to him at that time and ask Poor Wolf to move 

 over so he could sit in Sun's place, it meant "I promise to make this ceremony 

 in 1 year." Next day the young man would stand on his earth lodge and make 

 the vow. Sometimes a young man wanting to give the ceremony would be 

 away from the village when the ceremony was being given. He could wait 

 until he found Poor Wolf or Bobtail Bull [formerly Guts] with the Sun rights 

 seated with other older men and say "Move over. I want to sit in your place." 

 Then all would know that he was going to make the vow. When he made the 

 vow, the young men of his clan would hear it and know that they must help 

 him get the goods and food ready. 



Concerning his further participation in the ceremony Wolf Chief 

 added: 



When I stood before Poor Wolf he said to the red stick carriers, "I am going to 

 sing a song that belongs to your son, Wolf Chief. I want him to have a long life 

 and to be successful. I want him to have a large family and become one of the 

 leaders of our people." 



He asked me to face the west and he sang, "A man came, he says; Wolf Chief 

 came too." 



Lean Bull led the 12 holy men representing the buffalo bulls from the lodge, 

 followed by all the others except Poor Wolf who remained until the village was 

 quiet. Then he prayed for the village. 



They performed the ceremony in exactly the same way on the second and 

 third nights except that I took Knife's wife the third and fourth nights. On the 

 fourth night there was the usual advance of the holy men through the four stations 

 with stops for smoking and singing. Poor Wolf came to the lodge in advance of 

 the others and sang the fourth song from inside the lodge as before. The holy 



