May, 1905. 



The Cheyexxi-: — Dorsey. 



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Fig. 24.) This was about four 

 inches wide and long enough to go 

 around her body. At the corners 

 of each end he made, with a sharp 

 knife, small holes for the inser- 

 tion of the tying strings, which he 

 cut from the remaining rawhide. 

 He then cut a long strip of raw- 

 hide to be used in the fork of the 

 center-pole. 



The Lodge-Maker's Head- 

 dress. 



! I 1 •< ( preparing the 

 woman's belt. 



Big-Baby began the prepara- '" " 



tion of the head-dress for the 

 Lodge-maker. He took a goose feather, some horsehair, a piece of 

 sage, the scalp of a red-headed woodpecker, and a piece of the windpipe 

 of a buffalo. Having assembled the parts and combined them, he 

 was ready to trim off the loose ends, but before beginning he related 

 the following war story: "A party went many years ago against 

 the Shoshoni, who were on Rosebud River. There was one tipi 

 which we charged, and we killed all, and Little-Shield counted coup 

 first, Porcupine-Sioux second, and I was the third to strike, and 

 I took the scalp." He related the war story because he was "scalp- 

 ing" the head-dress. 



Before painting the head-dress he fashioned the skirt to be worn 

 by the woman. After this he motioned four times to the base of 

 the head-dress and took it up, and on the right side of it he painted 

 a white line, then a line on the left, another on the right, and another 

 on the left. He then handed it to the Lodge-maker, who grasped 

 it in both hands and drew it back against his body on his right side, 

 then on his left, then on his right, then on his left, and then to the 

 middle of his body. He then gave it a circular motion four times 

 around his head, beginning first at the southeast comer. He then 

 brought it against his breast again and finally placed it on his head. 



The Woman's Skirt. 



Having finished the head-dress, Big-Baby began to make a buck- 

 skin skirt for the woman. Formerly this was made of buffalo hide, 

 but as it is impossible to secure buffalo it is now made of buckskin. 

 This was cut in rectangular shape, about three feet wide and four 



