a different sickness.
Each time he told the woman what plants and herbs to find to cure him.
Each time she remembered what she had been told.

Soon this woman of the Bear clan knew more about healing than all the
other people.

One day, the old man told her that the Great Spirit had sent him to
earth, to teach the Indian people the secrets of healing.

"I came, sick and hungry, to many a wigwam door. No blanket was drawn
aside for me to pass in. You alone lifted the blanket from your wigwam
door and bade me enter.

"You are of the Bear clan, therefore all other clans shall come to the
Bear clan for help in sickness.

"You shall teach all the clans what plants, and roots, and leaves to
gather, that the sick may be healed.

"And the Bear shall be the greatest and strongest of the clans."

The Indian woman lifted her face to the Great Spirit to thank him for
this great gift and knowledge of healing. When she turned again to the
man, he had disappeared.

No one was there, but a rabbit was running swiftly down the trail.

[Illustration: MEDICINE MASK]

[Illustration]

WHY DOGS CHASE FOXES

A fox was running through the wood near a river. He had a fish in his
mouth.

The fish had been stolen from an Indian who lived down the stream. The
fox had been passing near the Indian's wigwam. He saw the fish hanging
by the fire. It was cleaned and ready to cook.

"What a tasty breakfast!" thought the fox. "I think I will watch the man
eat."

Soon the Indian went into the wigwam. The fox slipped up to the fire. He
seized the fish, and ran away with it.

When the Indian came back, he had no breakfast. The fish was gone. No
fox was to be seen.

The fox ran along, feeling much pleased with himself.

"What a cunning fox I am," he chuckled. "I will play another foxy trick.
This time it shall be on the bear I see coming."

He ran up a tree that had been bent half way to earth by the West Wind.
There he began to eat his fish. He smacked his lips so loudly that the
bear heard him.

The bear stopped under the tree, and asked, "What are you eating that
tastes so good?"

For answer the fox threw down a bit of the fish. The bear smacked his
lips and cried, "More! More!"

"Go to the river, swim out to the big log, and catch your own fish,"
called the fox. "It's very easy! Just drop your tail into the water.
Hold it there till a fish comes along and bites, then pull it up. That
is the way I catch my fish. You c