They shake it over a sick person, using a circular motion.

It is never, however, put in requisition against the worst _spirits_ with which the Red Man has to contend.] in her hand, charming away the animal that has entered the body of the Dahcotah to steal his strength.
Then, she is the great legend-teller of the Dahcotahs.

If there is a merry-making in the village, Checkered Cloud must be there, to call to the minds of the revellers the traditions that have been handed down from time immemorial.
Yesterday, wrapped in her blanket, she was seated on the St.Peters, near a hole which she had cut in the ice, in order to spear the fish as they passed through the water; and to-day--but while I am writing of her, she approaches the house; even now, her shadow falls upon the room as she passes the window.

I need not listen to her step, for her mocassined feet pass noiselessly through the hall.

The door is slowly opened, and she is before me! How tall she is! and with what graceful dignity she offers her hand.
Seventy winters have passed over her, but the brightness of her eye is undimmed by time.