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"Medicine" is the essence of the religion of the Crow, as of practically all of the tribes of the Great Plains, if not most of America. "Medicine" involves the belief in the potent magical power of certain tangible objects or of representations of these objects. Great magical power is ascribed to objects encountered quite by accident- and endows it ornaments, and protects it carefully often unwrapping it & praying to it. In return, the "Medicine" protects him & secures him long life, health, wealth, honors & whatever favors he may seek.
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