1869 Aug. 146/1 The Winnebagoes say their monstrous medicine animal still exists, and they have pieces of the bones which belong to them, which they use as charms.
1871 E. B. Tylor II. xv. 211 The worship paid by the North American Indian to his medicine animal [etc.].
1927 32 595 The American Indians named their children in honor of a medicine animal, or bird, thus invoking their protection.