Show J I p I SAT in the dusk of my room at the agency be before before before fore a fire and was some somewhat somewhat somewhat what lonesome My stay F was about concluded and andI I dreaded the long ride t home on the railroad an institution which I wish from the bottom of my i heart had never been beet in invented invEnted invented vented The front door opened quietly and shut The grating or sandpaper I sound of moccasin ed feet came down the hall my I door opened and Sundown stole in Jn you y ou 0 U wan some sonic coal on dees fire hey he observed look looking lookIng ing lag in at the top of the stove No thank you sit down I replied which I he did performing forth forthwith forthwith forthwith with the tIte Instinctive act of making a cigarette I Sundown I am going j home tomorrow r id Where you jou was go home came the guttural response Back East EastAll Alt All I come comeback comeback comeback back Ens myself m I was born back I Iwas was come out here long long l ng time go when I 1 was boy bo 0 And Ard what part of the East did you come conic from Well Pembina Reever I was born eon een dat plass un 1 was geet greet be good go d chunk of boy een dat da t plass un by b gar I 1 wish I geet ge t be b dead man een eon dat plass plaza May beso I weel You think you will go so back some day I ventured Oh I tink weel wed all come out dat way Some day dat leetie baby bab he geet ole for mak de do travel un till I go slow back dat plass I mak dat baby grow up where dar nr ets e s de white woman un de do pries I make heem ave a ve dc do farm un not go run rn roun deese heel on de Ie dim hm pony Sundown threw away his cigarette and leaned forward forwar on his hands You are art a Roman Catholic I asked I am ani Roman Catholic Dose pries ees de do only what care Ic e one dam bout de e poor halfbreed En EnU jun You U good man but you not so good gool man lak de do depries e pries You go run roun wid vid de soldier go paint up deese d ese 1 un den go so back see you youg gain g Pries Fries he lie stay where we stay slay un he lie not all aU de do whIle wan hear how I raise de do hell ober de do country He keep say sy You be good man Sundown un by gar gur he te keep ceo tell me how for be he good man manI hI I be pretty good man now mayb o cause I too ole OK for be bad man and Sun owns cynicism had as asserted asserted assorted sorted itself whereat we laughed It occurred to me that time had fought for the priest and n against tho the medicine man mall in these parts and I so Inquired dey spleet even Pries he bes man manfor manfor for r j but he lie be bo white man un course he not know great many man ting what does know knew Why does t he know as much as the medicine man came cam my question Oh well prIes Dries he good poop all time ho Ito good for poor Sundown Sundon but 1 keep tell you he ees white whito whiteman man All time wan tak ink care of me when I 1 die Well Vell all right dees eos medicine man she tak ink care of me when wh 1 I 1 was wag leeve leevo sometime You spose I wan die all alt time tin No I wan leee un I got de do medicine ober een ecu my tepee good medicine tak talc mo good goodman many man plass where 1 not geet ma b so What hat Is your medicine Sundown Ah h min mm what my medicine ees You white hiti man what wh lt you OU know bout medicine I 1 see you frakl dat fores fire out dair dalr een dose dos mountain You ak do de question hew dose canyon run Well VeIl you not be i fraid you ou ave do de medicine De e medicine she tak ink care car lose flos fire White man she leevo een ecu do house she walk een eon de do road she n gs gj g half mile out of Sees hees l ees one on plass un unI unI I J all ui de tie d medicine he ho care bout he geet een cen hees pocket I see s c deese dc se soldier stan ft n up geet beet keel k el geet freeze nil all up don pear care much He die pretty easy un unde undo dc do pries he all time talk bout die un dey ey dont caro care much bout leeve All time deese eese die cot mak me se ck l she wan iran leeve un an by gar ar she look out ont pretty sharp bout too white man niazi she don need medicine White Whiteman man she sh don clon pear lr know enough Humph white whito whiteman man cant fee ee on de grass don know how lie ace i ee e on de do cloud he go all ober do donow now he lie He cod cell de dark he h leeve eee wid de do win de e tun r well he lie leeve all time out ut on de tie grass nighttime 1 l l le time i S ii SF 0 F 1 r I I I II SUNDOWN 5 HIGHER SELF I 1899 by hy Harper HarDer Brothers Bro ers v I Ys 3 yes certainly Sundown It is all very strange to me m but how can c n you prove to me ice that good comes conies to you which is due to your medicine alone i me weare she e evair ir do m me any good goed 1 Alth firs time I evair geet my me medicine she save aV my lifo wh She do m me at deal good r tell you Eef dose dos pries be dair she tell teil me You geet g et ready for lo die but I no wan die Well fellar name un uit me was trap de do Levair over by de Souris Soum Reever Reefer un we wo weare not geet to dat reever one night un weare lay down for go sleep We Ve re weare wak Ut up een de middle of dat night un de do plain she site all great gre t beeg grass fire De Dc win she weare blow hard un de do fire she bhe come We say ay where wp iv w run My medicine she tell me run oft off lef leC leChan han un hoes hees medicine tell heem you run off oft way I weare weart say my medicine she sha good he weare say hees medicine varrie cle have one cone Gone de do great greatting ting weare are fan fail We Ve follow our medicine un so sowe sowe we WP weare part par I 1 run varrie fas un while I 1 fall falleen falleen een de do Souris Reever un den I know dose fire she not geet J My medicine was vas good goo Nex day 1 fin tin dead d ad All AU burn burnall all black He was was burn up een dose dos fire what catch heem on de plain pin In De Do win bile drove de do lire fire so las fast he could do 10 noting un hees lees medicine lie to heem You spose de do pries he tole me mc way for run dat night No she tell me behave myself un geet ready for tor die right dair Now what you tink Revelations and truths of this sort were overpowering rIng and no Tio desire csire to change a man of age ge and rarity came caine to my mind but in hopes I said Did it ever everso evero everso so o happen that your medicine failed you ou My medicine she always good but medicine ees eec not so su good one on time ns as odder time Do you spose I geet dat soldier order to Buford eef my medicine bad But de do medicine me she was not ac act varrie well dat time Deed you evah lie He down alone een de do bottom oU m of 01 de do deBlack deBlack Black Canyon for pass de night I you tink dair dAh noting but bear een eon dat canyon but I ave car dem sp erets lance dance dat canyon un I ave avo see dem shoot dem pine tree when I was set on de do rim rock Deed you evair see ace ee de ele top of dose reever eon een n de moon moonlight moonlight light What you know bout what ees pee een dat reever White hite man he don dOll krow so much lunch he lie tink he know Guess le cle don cn come een cen do de board house but she howl roun ronn de do tepee een eon de night see se de e espeer speer ts dance un ur talk plenty een cen de do lodge fire lire white map m n he Ic 11 ee noting but de coffee corree boil oU White man mak de do wagon un de do dollar un unde unde undo de do dam railroad in un he tink dat ees all dair ees een de country count and Sundown left off with a guttural 1 humph which was the shot of or disaster for me But nut you dont tell the priest about this medicine No what ees de do use for tell de pries he ees ceo white while man manI I asked e Sundown what was the greatest medicine ho he hoever hoever ever knew and he did not answer until fired by my doubts he continued slowly My Iy medicine ees ceo de great medicine A critic must be b without fear since he be can never fully comprehend the Intent of other minds so I saw that fortune must favor faor my Investigations for I knew not hot how to proceed but knowing that action is life I walked quickly to my gripsack grip sack and took out my silver pocket flask sk saying sa ing You know Sundown very well that it is dead against the rule to give a redskin a drink on a United States agency but I am going to give you one If It you will wUl promise me not to go out and talk about it in this collection of huts Are you with me mc Long rong Spur we pretty tretty good frien hey I weel not say a ting Then the conventionalities were gone through with and they are doubtless familiar to many of my m readers Now 1 i tole you ou does dees ting what was vas de do great medi medicine cine but ut I 1 don want you for go out here een cen de village un talk no more don I talk are you me tue meI 1 I am you and we redo Now Ics les see I weel tole you bout de e medicine me and he ho made macle a cigarette You aire alre young man manI I guess gue s you not born when T I was be he medicine man but was bad medicine for fer un you mus must not say a ting tinS bout dees does to dem demo T am good frien here now but een dose do e day I was good frien of de d Piegan un dey ley wan come down here hereto to de do un steal de do pony Dc De party was geet ready wan ten men un we come on de foot foo We e come long slow de do mountain un was hunt for de grub long time we wc was wa fin de beeg Crow camp we was see from de top of de Pryor Mountain Den we go gOway way back up head bead of f de do e canyon way een dat plass where de do timber she varrie vanie tick un tin we bull buil de do log fort bout as beeg as treo free step tep cross de dc med mcd dIe dle We was wan van one plass for keep do dry meat w wS S I 1 weare not hot wan any anyone one for see se our fire un wo we w weare put up Il dc do beeg bee fight dair dalr eef ee de do e she roun us up Eon dose day de he not come een de moun tain toun tam varrie much dey was hunt de buffalo on de flat put but she come een ecu de dc mountain un we watch wat h hout out varrie sharp Every night jus sundown sun we go 0 out each man by hees hoes self un we watch dat beeg camp nm un de do horse bans was way out on n de plain great eat many mile White man lak you he see hilt but le do ho h mak out Jut de tepee un dc do pony I was always ahva s see s e much dan de varrie much un when we come eom back to de do e log fort for smoke de do pipe I was tole dose jus how howde howde howde de country lay un where de bes ben plans plass for catch dem pony I 1 1 think one who has ever looked at the Western landscape from a mountain top will understand what Sundown intended by b this extensive view If one has never teen it words will hardly tell him how hw it stretches away red yellow blue in a prismatic way shaded by cloud forms and ending among them thema a sort ort of tou graphical map I can think of nothing else except that it is I an unreal thing to look at atWell atVell Well uVell Vell for wid one man she always go alone alon flex nex n x night man nan go Firs man she ave de do bes boo t I 1 i Ii I l 1 I I I I iT I L I 1 fI l 7 I t r I F t tI JAL I it it I r 4 It r 1 I Sais You Go Do Don ees Canyon l chance un Ct geet varrie bad for tor las man cause dose dey catch on to de do game un watch un go roun for cut dc de trail But de he mak de trail lak de do snake varrie hard for peek up I 1 was ave de do idea I geet sect de medicine man un I tole dem clem dey der don know noting cause dey cannot see un I tole dem dent I see see se right too de do cloud T I say each ench pose nose now you ou do jus what I tole you Ou den you OU fin tin dc do pony So de do firs man he was ws start off een cen do de afternoon un we see se heem no more When de do man was geet de horse un maybe o de scalp he skin out for de Piegan camp Nex Sex night man she go start off late een eon de da afternoon un I go wid heem un I 1 sais You atay tay here pull Your robe your head heed un I go een e n de d brush un make de do medicine for tell where ees Ies good plass for lor heem to go g When I was w wa mak de medicine I 1 come back un we set dair on de mountain un I tell teU heem where he ho go way out dair dalr on en de plain I sais You go down dees canyon c n on un follow follo de creek down un mile out dair you fin de d horse ban You can sleep one night een eon de do d plass plas where I was vas point heem out den you geet de Ic pony pon Eel Euf you not fin cot so I am not medicine man manS manSo So Sc S dees does man was go One man she go every night nI ht un I was set ecu een e n de log fort all lone las lasS night I was wag say sa eef eel deese leese she do what I tole heem I ba beeg great medicine man dees does time Den 1 I geet varrie much scare care for I was las man un dose dey sure be gin see our trail troU un ur I put out ont de do fire een do log fort fo un I i go off ot down de mountain for geet geH way from de trail deese she mak make I was wan mak malt de fire on dees deo mountain cause caus she jus live wid dose bear beu I varrie yarrie much fraid I sleep een cen de tree tre dat night un jus conic come day I was waa go SO down de do creek een sen de canyon I was wag w lk een cen en de do water un walk on de do rocks I was geet beeg eeg ban elk to run my m trail trall I was walk long de rim rock un was geet pretty prett well down een ae do e plain T I wag was sleep dat night ecu een de old bear cave un I was see sea de dc des os s camp pretty well w ll Let Bet was good plass bout ten mile out eon een de do valley of de do Beeg Horn Reever but I was wa ave be careful for tor dose dey weare run all de country countr hunt deese tracks Ob Th I see dem varrie well w I see Ee come up my canyon un pass by me rae so near I hear dem talk 1 waa wul w scare Jus como come dark I crawl up on de rim rock un wag waa 81 rain hard she no lak de dr rain so I sais I go ga down now nl I keep out een de do heel for I see varrie va te much dan de un eef T r tink dey see me I drop dr p een cen de h And here Sundown laughed but I Idid did not think such was vas very funny Bet geet varris varrie dark un I walk up to dees does camp cam not more morp dan ten stop step st p from froni de do tepee te e I tak de dry meat off elf tie do pole I Dle un trow cot to dose dog for mak dem keep k p still white while hile I r was hear Ear de do laugh un talk De Do dog dg he nark hark not so much at de do as ts eef cef I be da do dewhite dowhite white whito man jus same de white man dog he bite de Jam dana leg l g off de I 1 cut de rope rop two fine pony what was tie up near de lodge un in I 1 know deese weare war pony pon or de do strong horse I lead dem deni out of dose camp was waa no use for try t geet sect more as de two pony for I could not run dem ecu een de dark night I feel dem all aU for forsee forsee see dey le all right I could not see much Den I 1 ride off You got home all right I J suppose Eef Ef I not geet home all right by gar 1 I ne air geet home hr me tall Dey De chasse choose me I guess gue s but I ave de good god long start un I leave leac varrie bad trail I tink Man wid d de do led horse hOSE he can leave blind trail more dan when he drive de tie pony When en I geet Sect to dat Piegan camp I was fin tin all dose one he was come back Un I 1 sam sais sammy my she ees coo good she see where no one can enn see Dey De all sais my m medicine icino she varrie strong s rong for tor steal de do pony I was know ting what no man she see s c Dey was all aU fin lo lb camp jus as I say so I was geet sect be strong eon een en dat camp un dey d y all 11 say I 1 see bes boo jus at sundown un an Joy Je Ie always call caU me sundown medicine T asked ased How did it happen that you could see ee so much better than the others was U Ii i your medicine which made It possible No Xo I was fool dese I I was ave ae a n new pair of or de what I was buy from a white man un tn I Iwas Iwa Iwas was wa not let l t dose os see ee dem dat ees how So you ou old fraud it was not your yur ur medicine but the th ses |