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from which he returned wounded, but not dangerously so. The son 

 asked his father saying, " Father, what thing is hard to endure?" He 

 expected the father to say, " My child, for one to be wounded in battle 

 is hard to endure." Had he said this, the son would have replied, " Yes, 

 father; I shall live." The father suspected this, so he made a different 

 reply: " Nothing, my child. The only thing hard to bear is to put on 

 leggings again before they have been warmed by the fire." So the son 

 became angry and said, "My father, I will die." 



A certain old man had been very brave in his youth ; he had gone 

 many times on the war-path, and had killed many persons belonging to 

 different tribes. His only children were two young men. To them he 

 gave this advice : " Go on the war-path. It will be good for you to die 

 when young. Do not run away. I should be ashamed if you were 

 wounded in the back ; but it would delight me to learn of your being 

 wounded in the chest." By and by there was war with another tribe, 

 and the two young men took part in it. Their party having been scared 

 back, both young men were killed. When the men reached home some 

 one said, "Old man, your sons were killed." "Yes," said he, "that is 

 just what I desired. I will go to see them. Let them alone ; I will 

 attend to them." He found the eldest sou wounded all along the back 

 but lying with his face towards home. Said he, " W&! ki ga n/ 6aqti k6- 

 ana. Gatfeja ugaq^e 0aja n/ te, eh<$ £a D 'cti."— Why 1 he lies as if he felt a 

 strong desire to reach home! 1 said heretofore that you were to lie 

 facing that way. So taking hold of his arms, he threw the body in 

 the other direction, with the face towards the enemy. He found the 

 younger son wounded in the chest, and lying with his face toward the 

 foe. "Ho! this is my own son. He obeyed me!" And the father 

 kissed him. 



§ 224. Grades of merit or bravery, Cwah^haji -ma, were of two sorts. 

 To the first class belonged such as had given to the poor on many occa- 

 sions, and had invited guests to many feasts, being celebrated for the 

 latter as " w£ku-cta n ." To the second class belonged those, who, be- 

 sides having done these things many times, had killed several of the 

 foe and had brought home many horses. In connection with war cus- 

 toms, see Property (Chapter XII), and Regulative Iudustries (Chapter 

 XI). 



Another protective industry is the practice of medicine. (See Danc- 

 ing Societies, Chapter X.) 



