200 ABSTRACTS. 
71. THE MEDICINE BEAR SHIELD. 
Boy’s father dies and is buried. Boy goes to grave to cry and dreams that 
Bear tells him that woman has removed shield from grave. During storm he 
crawls into crevice and watches grave. He sees Bear with paws toward sky. 
Lightning forms appearance of shield with bear for black center mark. Boy 
returns to grave and when asleep he dreams his father tells him shield taken 
by Howling-Wolf and that he must get it. Howling-Wolf gives boy frame. 
Boy has another shield made like that he had seen on father’s grave. Kills 
buffalo and makes inner shield. When fifteen, boy joins war-party. He strikes 
Sioux with bow and takes his scalplock. Scalp is offered to gods and boy made 
chief. Old man puts buckskin shirt on him and tells him as he strikes enemies 
and scalps them to make marks on shirt. When enemy attacks village boy wears 
shield and is never hit. At sun dance boy swings day and night by buckskin 
strings tied to sticks run through his back. Sioux again attack village and boy 
again counts coup and strikes enemy. He dances sun dance many times after- 
ward, and suffers because old medicine-men dead. 
72. THE CRUCIFIED BNEMY. 
People go on buffalo hunt, leaving old people in village. Enemy come and 
people retreat to lodges. Old man puts on medicine and costumes and, gourd 
in hand, goes to top of lodge and sings sacred songs. Enemy see him and are 
much afraid, as he has power to mesmerize. They all run with old man after 
them. One of enemy’s bravest men captured and tied to wooden cross outside 
of village. Man dies, loses his flesh, and only bones left. When young men 
playing near cross, bones fall and run toward village and into medicine-lodge. 
Man is found under blankets on altar. His bones are gathered and thrown 
away. 
73. HOW A SIOUX WOMAN’S SCALP WAS SACRIFICED. 
Men go on war-path and hide near where Sioux get their water. Two women 
come to spring and as they run away one is seized, and scalp taken from side 
of her head. Men hurry back, and when they come to timber, leader takes fat 
from scalp and divides it into five pieces, which he places in four directions 
with one in center, first on this hand and then on the ground, to show that 
scalp is offered to gods. Scalp ceremony used when they get home. Fire- 
sticks are used to burn scalp. Holy bundles and medicine bags are passed 
through smoke and priests change names of young men and children who give 
them presents. 
74. THE WARRIOR WHO FOUGHT THE SIOUX. 
In winter Sioux attack Fort Berthold. Man coming with antelope on back 
does not see Sioux until he hears noise. He runs and is followed by Sioux. 
Man kills first Sioux and cuts him open with knife. Sioux shoot at him from 
behind with arrows. Man stands up and yells like a bear and Sioux run away. 
Man has piece of liver in his mouth. He chases Sioux and takes ponies and 
runs after them. He goes into timber and next day is found frozen, with 
arrows in his back. 
