I Had A Vision With Which I

I Was Four Years Old Then, And I Think It Must Have Been The Next Summer That I First Heard The Voices.

Birds Make Their Nest In Circles, For Theirs Is The Same Religion As Ours.

It Is Good To Have A Reminder Of Death Before Us, For It Helps Us To Understand The Impermanence Of Life On This Earth, And This Understanding May Aid Us In Preparing For Our Own Death. He Who Is Well Prepared Is He Who Knows That He Is Nothing Compared With Wakan-tanka, Who Is Everything; Then He Knows That World Which Is Real.

When I Got Back To My Father And Mother And Was Sitting Up There In Our Tepee, My Face Was Still All Puffed And My Legs And Arms Were Badly Swollen; But I Felt Good All Over And Wanted To Get Right Up And Run Around.

And When I Breathed, My Breath Was Lightning.