"The spirit may come in the
form of un animal or of a bird
most frequently it comes as a bird.
Therealter the lad will wear on his
headdress a feather from that par
ticular species.
On his return to camp the
youngster must not tell of his ex
perience, but when he is a man
grown, in the great medicine
dances he may tell of the thing
his .spirit has promised him.
"On account of the Indian's
reluctance to divulge details of his
religion or belief iu the spirit
work), 1 had been among them for
many years before I learned of
this practise." Ex..
