They have an old, old prophecy among many tribes, “that the Great Manitou will some day send away the white race; the whole earth shall be given to the Indians.” This prophecy is repeated in the religious dances, and the medicine men comfort their people with it when the tribes feel the injustice of the whites. It excites them to battle with the invader. Their training has always been for revenge, but they are also trained to remember the good which has been done to them. THE INDIAN’S EYE TRAINING An Indian left his lodge for several days; when he came back, the dried deer meat which he had left hanging to a tree near his wigwam was gone. He did not go around asking questions of his neighbors, but just used his eyes instead of his tongue for the first hour, and his eyes told him many things. Then he went to a wigwam near by and asked: “Did you see a little, old, white man with a short gun? Did you see him in the last two days? Did he have a small dog with a short tail?” The neighbor Indian said: “Yes, I saw him. He and his dog were on the trail going south.” The Indian took the same trail and in a few days returned with the dog and the deer meat. Some white men had heard the questions of the Indian before he started out, and after he came back they went to him and said: “We want to know who took your meat. How did you know it was a white man?” “White man turns toe out; Indian put foot so, one behind the other, walk straight.” “How did you know that he was little and that he was old?” “He put pile of stones by deer-meat tree; cannot reach, he little. He takes short steps; he old.” “How did you know that his gun was short?” “He stick gun on ground against tree. Gun muzzle make mark little way from ground. Short gun.” “Well, how did you ever know that he had a little dog like that, with a short tail?” “Dog sit in the sand. Watch man get meat. Dog leave mark where he sit down in sand. Indian can see with two eyes.” MEDICINE MEN AMONG THE INDIANS Nearly all tribes have their medicine men. These men choose this work, frequently because of some deformity which unfits them for the warpath, and they fit themselves for it, sometimes from boyhood. They have great power over all their people. They are called into the council when the tribe goes to war. They are called upon when any one is sick. They believe and teach that sickness is caused by an evil spirit. Their medicine is to contrive some way to drive out the evil spirit of sickness. The medicine man usually works himself into a frenzy or even into a fit, and while in this state his mutterings are taken for advice and followed. The patient must then get well. If he does not, it is because the evil spirit cannot be conquered.