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it was. He told me about horses and they were our way of getting around faster. He said
once you find your own horse that’ll be your best friend and treat it as your best friend.
Treasure every little thing you are given. In this life to come you’ll always be important.

He was sacred. He had his own praying grounds and that ground is gone today. He had a
rock where he used to pray. He used to go up there for hours on end. The day he was
going to pass away he asked for me. He said come here I want to talk to you. He said my
father’s coming for me. He said I’ll come back and see you. He said I’ll see you later that’s
what he said to me. I’ve always wondered what it was and the years that I was growing up.
I grew older he told me that I have to walk my own life. He would come to me in a vision
and in my sleep.

He used to tell me it’s time. He said don’t drink now and you have to look at yourself, and
fix yourself. To work on my wellbeing and listen to your heart. He said you walk in a good
way. He told me these things and today I’m sixty five and I appreciate those words he
taught me. When he died, he died with a smile on his face. He told my mom to loosen all
his hair, he had long white hair. He laid down on one of those folding beds. He crossed
his arms and smiled then he passed away. A big wind came in like a whirlwind. It came in
from the east and went out though the south door.

I remember that and everybody was crying but I was in shock. Then my grandmother, she
was Stoney, to me that day she was my grandmother. His wife was from Duffield and she
raised a family.

He taught everyone a different thing. He taught me, my cousins, my uncles he taught us
all different things in life. He comes to me if I need his help. He doesn’t have to ask, he
knows when I need him. I say about the Creator. I knew it wasn’t my grandfather because
I know the difference. The Creator talked a different voice and I know my grandfather’s
voice.

In my life to come I know these things, like now. He taught me a lot and what he taught
me I’ll try to pass on and the knowledge. I know that about him, and there’s a picture of
him at the museum. I know the pictures are in my mind like of my parents and why
should I keep pictures of people who passed away in my house. My dad has pictures of his
family that passed away and I don’t know why people would live like that. I don’t keep
pictures of them in the house.

I have five spirit guides I found a place out in Bragg Creek, one is my grandfather,
grandmother, my mother, and my dad and my sister were sitting there. The only person
talking about my grandfather Pat. I walked to them and I was dressed in an outfit. He said
it’s time for you to dance. When he was telling me that I was dressed in an outfit and my
wife was like my mother the way she beaded, that’s all just the comparison.

My wife is a real quiet person and she’s only 5’2” but she’s a very strong person.
Sometimes when I feel down, I talk to her. She inspires me and brings me back up. Same
thing with her when she’s feeling down. I tell her well that time and I go get the drum and

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