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Updated: May 5, 2025
Wapaypay, the Fearless Bear, who was afterward hanged at Yankton, was the bravest man among us. He dared Hohay to make the charge. Hohay accepted the challenge, and in turn dared the other to ride with him through the agency and right under the walls of the fort, which was well garrisoned and strong. "Wapaypay and I in those days called each other 'brother-friend. It was a life-and-death vow.
Matosapa has already circled the teepees with his inseparable brother-friend, Brave Elk. "Friend, do me an honor to-night!" he exclaims, at last. "Open this first door for me, since this will be the first time I shall speak to a woman!" "Ah," suggests Brave Elk, "I hope you have selected a girl whose grandmother has no cross dogs!"
But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man! The highest type of friendship is the relation of "brother-friend" or "life-and-death friend." This bond is between man and man, is usually formed in early youth, and can only be broken by death.
It is the essence of comradeship and fraternal love, without thought of pleasure or gain, but rather for moral support and inspiration. Each is vowed to die for the other, if need be, and nothing is denied the brother-friend, but neither is anything required that is not in accord with the highest conceptions of the Indian mind. Modern Perversions of Early Religious Rites. The Sun Dance.
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