" THE HORSE TIPI " 125 s/n Giclee Canvas There once lived a Blackfoot warrior who was very fond of his buckskin horse. One day the man's horse was badly wounded in battle. The man daubed yellow paint on his horse's wounds and made a smudge of sweet grass, then sang sacred medicine songs and asked the horse to rise. Three times the horse attempted to stand for the warrior, but he could not. Finally, on the fourth try the horse found the strength to get up and his master slowly led him home. In gratitude to his faithful and loving caretaker the buckskin stallion gave the man a gift, a tipi decorated with the image of a horse. Not only was the tipi beautiful to behold, but it also held special powers, and the man became famous ever after for his ability to heal the sick.
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