Some Indian Ways 469 



Dakota by the Sioux, under Sitting Bull and Short Bull, 

 nearly every one of the dancers appeared in a war shirt of 

 painted cotton, made in some cases of old cotton flour sack. 



Magnificent examples of war shirts are now to be seen in 

 most museums. Many also are pictured in the Reports of 

 the Bureau of Ethnology at Washington. 



Leggings. The leggings are best made as ordinary 

 trousers, embellished with fringe and beadwork on the sides. 



Moccasins are a staple article of trade; but I have found 

 nothing better or more serviceable than a pair of ordinary 

 rubber-soled sneaks, decorated with a few beads or a fringe. 



War Clubs. The only use we have for these is in the 

 dancing or the ceremonies. They are most easily made of 

 wood, and should be about twenty inches long. Painted with 

 ordinary oil colors and embelHshed with tufts of horsehair 

 or feathers, they are very picturesque as well as easily made. 



Paddles. The best designs I ever saw for painting pad- 

 dles are those of the West Coast Indians. These are shown 

 in three colors, black, white, and red — the red being the 

 portions cross-lined. 



Drum. While an ordinary bought 

 drum does very well for dancing, some 

 tribes make their own, using a section of 

 a hollow tree (or in some cases a small 

 barrel) covered with untanned calf skin. 

 It is soaked till soft, scraped clear of 

 hair, and tightly stretched over each end 

 of the hollow log. As it dries, it shrinks 

 and becomes very tense, giving a good 

 drum sound. Usually it is tuned up by 7,,, in^,^,^ D,.,m- 

 warming at the fire before use. 



Peace Pipe. The favorite peace pipe was of the red 

 pipe stone, but I have seen many made of wood. The two 

 shown are in my own collection. 



