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PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



ous forms and styles of ceramic manufacture. The peculiar forms of 

 secondary decoration also permit the article to be traced to any partic- 

 ular family by which it may have been produced. 



PERSONAL DESIGNATIONS. 



This head may be divided into (1) Insignia, or tokens of authority. 

 (2) Connected with personal name. (3) Property marks. (4) Status 

 of the individual. (5) Signs of particular achievement. 



INSIGNIA OR TOKENS OF AITHORITY. 



A large number of examples are presented in connection with other 

 divisions of this paper. Many more are noted in Schoolcraft, especially 

 in Vol. I, plates 58 and 59, following page 408. In addition the follow- 

 ing may be mentioned : 



Fig. 74.— Lean-Wolf. Partisan. 



Figure 74 is a copy of a drawing made by Lean- Wolf, second chief of 

 the Hidatsa, to represent himself. The horns on his head-dress show 

 that he is a chief. The eagle feathers on his war-bonnet, arranged in 

 the special manner portrayed, also show high distinction as a warrior. His 

 authority as ''partisan," or leader of a war party is represented by the 

 elevated pipe. His name is also added with the usual line drawn from 

 the head. He explained the outline character of the wolf, having a 

 white body with the mouth unfinished, to show that it was hollow, noth- 

 ing there, i. e., lean. The animal's tail is drawn in detail anil dark to 

 distinguish it from the body. 



The character for "partisan" is also shown in the Dakota winter 

 counts for the year 1842-'43. See Plate XXIII. 



