Identifier: punishmentofstin00grin (find matches)
Title: The punishment of the stingy : and other Indian stories
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: New York : Harper
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ld his war-club in his hand,and had his feather tied on his head and thelittle bear-skin on his back. The enemy sooncame up and tried to kill him, but they couldnot. He would run after one and kill him, andall the others would shoot at him with theirarrows, but they could not hurt him, and at lastthey left him and went back, and he went onand overtook the chiefs son. Then his brothersaw that he had great power. After this theytravelled on slowly, and at last reached thevillage. His brother told the people that thisman was powerful, that they had taken thehorses in broad daylight, and the young manhad stayed behind on foot and fought the en-emy off, while he drove on the horses. A few days after they reached home, a war-party of the enemy attacked the village. Allthe Pawnees went out to fight them, but thepoor boy stayed behind in the lodge. He tookdown his bundle, filled the pipe, and pointedit first to Atius, and then towards the Bearslodge, and smoked. Then he took the paint and TOO
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3 I a HO Q tH Ed a The Grizzly Bears Medicine mixed it with grease, and rubbed it all over hisbody except his face: that he painted black.Then he put the feather on his head and thelittle bear-robe on his back, and took his war-club in his hand and started out. The Bearhad told him that in going into battle he mustnever start towards the east, but must attackgoing towards the west. So he went around,and came on the battle-field from one side. As he came up he saw that his people werehaving a hard time, and were being drivenback. There was one of the enemv who seemed •j to be the bravest of all. The poor boy rushedat this man and killed him with his club, andthen ran back to his own line. When his peo-ple looked at him, and saw that it was reallythe poor boy who had just done so brave a deed,they knew that what the chiefs son had saidwas true. When he started again to rush tow-ards the enemys line, all the Pawnees followedhim. He ran among the enemy, and with hisclub killed one here

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