49° The Book of Woodcraft 



Earth!" and straightway the solid land was there.— (From 

 Ximenes.) 



CLEAN FATHEKHOOD 



"This is the sum of everything that is noble and honor- 

 able — Clean Fatherhood," the words of Chief Capilano 

 of the Squamish. (Pauline Johnson's "Legends of Van- 

 couver," 191 2, p 10.) 



OMAHA PROVERBS 



"Stolen food never satisfies hunger." 



"A poor man is a hard rider." 



"All persons dislike a borrower." 



"No one mourns the thriftless." 



"The path of the lazy leads to disgrace." 



"A man must make his own arrows." 



"A handsome face does not make a good husband." 



(Fletcher — La Flesche, Eth. Ann. 27 p. 604) 



THE MEDICINE MAN AND HIS WAYS 



During the later Indian days the army surgeons came 

 into close contact and rivalry with the Indian, and to the 

 amazement of all whites, it frequently happened that the 

 Indian doctor undertook and cured cases which the white 

 doctors had pronounced hopeless. These were of all kinds, 

 broken limbs, rheumatism, consumption, and obscure 

 maladies (see "Medicine Man" in Clark's "Indian Sign 

 Language"). 



This led to an investigation and a report on the ways 

 of the medicine man. These were shown to be their chief 

 peculiar methods: 



ist: They took the patient home, giving him camp life 

 with the daily sun-bath, and with pure air night and day. 



