Kiss of the Bees
“She was one of the greatest of all the medicine women in all the Land of the Desert People. She lived to be very, very old. And she taught some of her songs to a few men.
Some women tried to learn the songs, but the buzzing of the bees joined with the song in the heads of the women and made them afraid. Because they were afraid, the women would not let sleep come. Sleep was necessary in order to know all the powers which one does not see, and which are used in healing.
The Indians would... take a new baby many miles to see Great Medicine Woman, and Mualig Siakam would sing over the baby. She would sing over it with the white feathers of goodness which would help guard its spirit from meanness. And she would feed the baby a little of the very fine white meal which would make its body strong.
But sometimes Great Medicine Woman would refuse to sing. Then the people knew there was no hope for the child.
If the people grew angry and tried to make Mualig Siakam sing over such a child, Great Medicine Woman would scold.MoreLess
Some women tried to learn the songs, but the buzzing of the bees joined with the song in the heads of the women and made them afraid. Because they were afraid, the women would not let sleep come. Sleep was necessary in order to know all the powers which one does not see, and which are used in healing.
The Indians would... take a new baby many miles to see Great Medicine Woman, and Mualig Siakam would sing over the baby. She would sing over it with the white feathers of goodness which would help guard its spirit from meanness. And she would feed the baby a little of the very fine white meal which would make its body strong.
But sometimes Great Medicine Woman would refuse to sing. Then the people knew there was no hope for the child.
If the people grew angry and tried to make Mualig Siakam sing over such a child, Great Medicine Woman would scold.MoreLess
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