HOW THE MEDICINE-ROBE SAVED THE ARIKARA. IOI 
and your bones shall stay here.” The man went to the lodge. Sweet 
grass and wild sage were burned in the lodge. The medicine-men 
then resumed their performances. In about a month the medicine- 
men’s ceremony was over. Each medicine-man took his medicine things 
to his lodge and wrapped them up. 
The month came to an end and the Indians looked for the enemy. 
One fine day the Indians saw the Sioux coming from over the hills. 
There were so many that the people became scared. The keeper of the 
holy robe sat down in his lodge. The men were going out to meet 
and fight the enemy. The enemy were so numerous that the medicine- 
man with the holy robe and the robe’s belongings made medicine- 
smoke, then laid down the gourd [rattle]. He took the robe and 
wrapped it about his body, the hair side turned out. The inside had 
the sun, moon, and stars upon it. He then took an eagle wing in his 
left hand, the gourd in his right hand, went out and climbed upon the 
top of his lodge. By this time the enemy were close to the village. 
This man upon the lodge then shook himself, and shook the robe to- 
wards the sun, then he closed the robe. While he was doing this the 
enemy noticed some of their men fall off from their horses, bleeding 
from their lungs and seeming to be out of their heads. The enemy saw 
the man upon the lodge. They became scared. A shout was heard. 
The enemy gave way and ran; for the power of the man was so great 
that whoever came under his power ran into the village, powerless to 
defend himself. The enemy gave way, and there was great slaughter- 
ing. The village was saved. 
The wonderful man went into his lodge and made sweet-smelling 
smoke, passed his robe over the smoke several times, then wrapped it 
and hung it up. The gourd was then passed over the smoke and hung 
up by the robe. The medicines were then passed over the smoke and 
put away. The man had red clay all over his body while going through 
this performance. He also passed smoke all over his body, and said: 
“T am satisfied. Our village is saved. The enemy are killed. Scalps 
will be brought in, so we can have great rejoicing.” Scalps were 
brought, and there was great rejoicing. There were three different 
kinds of scalp dances given by the women. One was a dance learned 
from the Cheyenne, another from the Grosventre, and another from the 
Pawnee. Of course, they had their own scalp dance, but these three 
were the best dances. 
Some years after, some of the Sioux visited the Arikara, and they 
told of the strange man, and that he was a Wichita. The Sioux also 
said that at that time many tribes had got together to annihilate the 
Arikara. 
