e past, was narrated by one of the parents or grand-parents, while the boy listened with parted lips and glistening eyes. On the following evening, he was usually required to repeat it.

ence, by which he was alterna

ere is for him to learn must be learned; whatever qualifications are necessary to a truly great man he must seek at any expense of danger and hardship. Such was the feeling of

an are acquired traits, and continual practice alone makes him master of the art of wood-craft. Physical training and dieting were not neglected. I remember that I was n

od teacher. When I left the teepee in the morning, he would say: "Hakadah, look closely to eve

lighter-colored bark? On which side

bill or their song or the appearance and locality of the nest-in fact, anything about the bird that impressed me as characteristic. I made man

as a little older, that is, about the age of e

that there are fi

out of the water fo

t my prompt but

de the pretty curved marks in the sandy bottom and the little sand-banks? Where do you find th

uestions that he put to me on these occasions, but he

Even when he is surprised and runs for his life, he will pause to take one more look at yo

ets in this way. I was once the unseen spectator of a thrilling battle between a pair of grizzly bears and three buffaloes-a rash act for

it, but first puts his head out and listens and then comes out very indifferently and sits on his haunches on the mound in front of the hole before he makes any attack. While he is

near a spring or lake, for thirty to sixty days at a time. Most large game moves about continually, except the doe in the spring; it is then a very easy matter to

t you must be very watchful, or you may be made a fawn of by a large wil

ions. If you are not well equipped for a pitched battle, the only way to make him retreat is to take a long sharp-pointed pole for a spear and rush toward him. No wild beast will face this unless he

ers; in this they are like white men. One wolf or two will never attack a man. They will stampede a herd of buffaloes in order to g

uncle, who was widely known at that time

s. He must be able to go without food and water for two or three days without displaying any weakness, or to run for a day and a night without any rest. He must be able

t the challenge. We blackened our faces with charcoal, so that every boy in the village would know that I was fasting

s ready to grasp a weapon of some sort and to give a shrill whoop in reply. If I was sleepy or startled and hardly knew what I was about, he would ridicule me and say that I need never expect to sell m

elect the novices to go after the water and make them do all sorts of things to prove their courage. In accordance with this idea, my uncle used to send me off after water when we camped

s little noise as a cat. Being only a boy, my heart would leap at every crackling of a dry twig or distant hooting of an owl, until, at last, I reached our te

desires to be a great lawyer or even President of the United States. Silen

ence, unless requested to do so. Indian etiquette was very strict, and among the requirements was that of avoiding the direct address. A term of relationship or some title of courtesy was commonl