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Coups' s drawings shows his inheri- 

 tance in the pictographic art. 



How many, off hand, would be able 

 to depict with a few strokes "He 

 Rides on Top" (5) or an "Old 

 Woman Otter" (4) or "The Other 

 Buffalo " (i ) or a " Small. ' ' This last, 

 simple enough, an arrow placed in the 

 hand for comparison of size. Won- 

 derfully simple when one knows 

 how. 



Our introduction to Plenty Coups 

 was effected by Whiteswan and upon 

 this occasion another side of the 

 Indian simplicity was forced upon 

 us. Happy people to whom the germ 

 theory has not yet penetrated! Not 

 a thought do they give whether there 

 be one or five million bacteria in 

 their food, or utensils. The principal 

 social ceremony, that of smoking 

 the peace pipe, is the epitome of in- 

 difference to microbes good, bad or 

 neutral. Squaws, striplings, and un- 

 feathered braves are not allowed to 

 participate in smoking the peace pipe, 

 so when this honour was offered to 

 me, a paleface squaw, my courtesy 

 and prudence had a severe strain. 



Chief Plenty Coups's village where 



