As White Bear let this sink in, Wolf Paw approached with a stumbling walk. Running Deer and Burning Pine followed him.
Out of their wickiup Redbird brought a blanket, White Bear's Sauk medicine bag and his black bag of surgical instruments.
"Sit in the wickiup with the pale eyes woman," White Bear told Redbird. "She is very frightened."
"I am frightened too," said Redbird as she left him.
White Bear bit his lip. The tone of her voice said, Who is this woman?
As White Bear set out the markers for the seven directions, positioning four stones around Wolf Paw, he said, "This will hurt very much and Wolf Paw must not move."
Keeping in place the two stones and the bear's claw White Bear laid on Wolf Paw's chest would force the brave to lie still.
"You cannot hurt me," said Wolf Paw, just as if he were a captive and White Bear was about to torture him.
White Bear turned to the people standing around them.
"All of you join hands and ask Earthmaker to heal Wolf Paw's wound."