The Plains Indians believed that medicine men were empowered by their sacred bundles and could release forces to enhance the healing process,” Howard says. “The setting for this painting is a cave I visited on a ranch in Montana. In this scenario, a band of Crow Indians has camped nearby. A woman in the camp has developed a breathing problem, perhaps the early stages of pneumonia. Using a travois, her husband and a medicine man have brought her to this sacred location where she has been placed in an upright position to ease her breathing. A. . .