He never had talked about it--but he never talked much about anything.

And an Indian's "medicine" is superstition, pure and simple.

He cherishes some object that he has come upon under conditions that make him think it lucky.

Sometimes the medicine man of his tribe performs a rite over this object, and that gives a sort of religious flavor to it, making it almost sacred in the owner's view.

His belief in it is tribal; has come down from his forefathers.