1841 G. Catlin I. xv. 111 At that hour..with medicine-pipes in his hands and foxes tails attached to his heels, entered Mah-to-he-hah (the old bear).
1986 R. B. Morrison & C. R. Wilson xx. 405 The first thunderstorm of spring heralded a ritual of the medicine pipe owners [among the Blackfoot], while the thunder itself was considered to be a powerful deity.