The Great Medicine Dance

In December 1875 pursuant to our governmental policy, General Sherman then commander in chief of the United States Army issued an important general order. He proclaimed that all Indians found off the reservations after the last day of January 1876 would be regarded as hostels to be fought by military forces. Bodies of soldiers were set in motion for seeking out and driving these wanderers back within their assigned territorial bounds. With this preparation with my best clothing, my shield, my eagle wing bone whistle, myself and my horse protected by the grass seed medicine, I was almost fearless. In every time of danger I tried to keep myself thinking the great medicine sees me.