The meaning of courage was not.

The rifle was modern.

The responsibility to show restraint was not.

The U.S.

Army chain of command was modern.

The expectation that a leader bring people safely through danger was not.

The German horses belonged to a modern military force.

The meaning of taking enemy horses was immediately recognizable to his elders.

Medicine Crow’s life became proof that continuity did not require imitation.

It required memory.