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black. The signification of the difference between the two hands and 

 the two feet was not thoroughly comprehended. It is claimed, how- 

 ever, that the black hand and the black foot were typical of, and 

 corresponded to, the two black-painted poles on the south side of the 

 lodge, while the red hand and the red foot were typical of, and cor- 

 responded to, the two red-painted poles on the north side of the lodge. 



His^haseh wore neither head nor other sage bands, although he 

 had the five bunches of sage thrust around his waist, placed as above 

 described. Fastened to the scalp, so that it projected upward, was a 

 yellow-stained eagle breath-feather, the base of which had been 

 painted red. 



During the time of the dancing on the fourth day, His^haseh also 

 stood out in front of the line, in a position corresponding to that of 

 HeniSnit. He also thereby distinguished himself by being closer to 

 the sun, whose observation of the ceremony is on this day supposed 

 to be unusually keen. 



THE YELLOW-EARTH PAINT. 



This paint was worn in 1901 by Hitantuh (see Fig. 2, Plate 

 CXVI.); in 1902 it was worn by Heniait, Hisehaseh, and Naka (White- 

 Tail) on three days, and by Hathdniseh and Hin^nwatani (Black-Man) 

 on the third day or fourth paint. 



The painting on the second and third days was the same. (See 

 Fig. I, Plate CXVII.) The body was painted in solid yellow through- 

 out. Both hands and both feet were painted black, while above the 

 hands and feet were the zigzag lines, already described, which 

 in this case were said to correspond to the serpent represented on 

 the Wheel, which, as has been seen, played such a conspicuous 

 part in the ceremony. On the breast was the usual sun and 

 Man-Above symbol, which was also repeated, though smaller in size, 

 above the black line which surrounded the face. Beneath the eyes 

 and on the nose were the usual tear and buffalo-calf symbols respect- 

 ively. On the back of the left shoulder was the moon symbol in black. 

 Fastened to a lock of hair above the forehead, and pointing outward, 

 was a long, yellow-stained eagle breath-feather, with a yellow base. 

 No sage wreaths were worn on these two days. The five bunches of 

 sage, however, were fastened in the waist-band. The paint, as a 

 whole, on these two days may properly be characterized as the 

 "Yellow-Earth paint." 



On the fourth day, the paint was entirely different from that of 

 the second and third days. (See Fig. 2, Plate CXVII.) The body 

 was painted a light red, while that part of the face enclosed by the 



