The white men had their sports, and they forbade the Indians to visit them on Christmas Day, as this was one of their "great medicine days.
To this day, all the Northwest Indians speak of anything that is highly useful or influential as "great medicine.
My brother is a Tlacateotzin--a great medicine man of the Yumas.
They are a wise nation, whose eyes are never shut; much do I wonder, that they have not seen the great medicine of the Big-knives!
By your own definition, is not my friend a Great Medicine?
My friend, then, is something like what the Indians call a Great Medicine, is he?
He will be deaf to the voice of a Great Medicine[B]; the owl bids him beware.
Many instruments used by the Whites, especially mathematical, are a great medicine, or charm, in their eyes, because they do not comprehend the use of them.
They have the same distinctions as the Mandans for their military exploits, and the partisans observe the same ceremonies, only the Arikkara partisan has a head of maize at his breast, which they consider as a great medicine.
Outside the door is struck a spear or pole, on which is suspended the shield of the chief and a mysterious something tied up in a bundle, which is great medicine.
The "great medicine feast" was to begin the evening of their arrival at the winter village and to last 40 nights.
After much sage consultation, they at length determined that it must be the "great medicine" of the white party; an appellation given by the Indians to anything of supernatural and mysterious power that is guarded as a talisman.
Some cures which Captain Bonneville had effected in simple cases, among the Upper Nez Perces, had reached the ears of their cousins here, and gained for him the reputation of a great medicine man.
This rifle," said he, "shall be my great medicine.
The son of the 'Great Medicine' would not hurt Whirlwind," replied the Indian.
The children of the 'Great Medicine' shall be saved.
When I passed through their country last spring, I heard about a great Medicine man, who was likewise their chieftain, who had been killed or carried away at the same time part of the family of Mr. Duncan had.
Ghost Bear, I see that you are a great Medicine Person," he said.
Your father is a great Medicine Person, like Yellow Horse," declared White Otter.
It is Ghost Bear, he is a great Medicine Person," Red Dog told them.
He was a great medicine, beyond the power of his vengeance.
Give me room, and be silent; a great medicine is near.
My brother is a great medicine-man; he is a white man, and he knows how to find the white man's devils.
The Windigo looked with wonder at the spinning bait, seeming to regard it as a "great medicine;" perhaps if he had possessed such a thing he would never have been forced by hunger to become a Windigo.
This battle served not a little to increase the reputation in which the missionary was held as a "great medicine-man.
Not knowing the nature of a book, they naturally supposed it to be some powerful charm, and declared that he had become a great medicine man.
For a time all were silent, then with gravity and deliberation one of the chiefs waved his hand and observed, "These are strange words the man speaks--he must be a great medicine man.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great medicine" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
