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PICTOGEAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



Fig. 82.— First Fig. 83.— Second 

 to strike ene- to strike enemy. 

 my. Hidatsa. Hidatsa. 



Fig. 84.— Third to 



strike enemy. 

 Hidatsa. 



A feather, to the tip of which is attached a tuft of down or several 

 strands of horse hair, dyed red, denotes that the wearer has killed an 



enemy and that he was the first 

 % to touch or strike him with the 



coup stick. Figure 82. 



A feather bearing one red bar, 

 made with vermilion, signifies the 

 wearer to have been the second 

 person to strike the fallen enemy 

 with the coup stick. Figure 83. 



A feather bearing two red bars 

 signifies that the wearer was the 

 third person to strike the body. 

 Figure 84. 



A feather with three bars sig- 

 nifies that the wearer was the 

 fourth to strike the fallen enemy. 

 Figure 85. Beyond this number 

 honors are not counted. 



A red feather denotes that 



the wearer was wounded in an encounter with an enemy. Figure 80. 



A narrow strip of rawhide or buckskin is wrapped from end to end 



with porcupine quills dyed red, though sometimes a few white ones are 



inserted to break the monotony of color; this strip is attached to the 



inner surface of the rib or shaft of 

 the quill by means of very thin 

 fibers of sinew. This signifies that 

 the wearer killed a woman belong- 

 ing to a hostile tribe. The figure 

 so decorated is shown in Figure 

 87. In very fine specimens it will 

 be found that the quills are di- 

 rectly applied to the shaft with- 

 out resorting to the strap of 

 leather. 



The following scheme, used by 

 the Dakotas, is taken from Dah- 

 Knied c °tah, or Life ail( l Legends of the 

 Sioux around Fort Snelling, by 

 Mrs. Mary Eastman. New York, 

 1849. Colors are not given, but red undoubtedly predominates, as is 

 known from personal observation. 



A spot upon the larger web denotes that the wearer has killed an 

 enemy. Figure 88. 



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Fig. 85.— Fourth 

 to strike eneuij . 

 Hidatsa. 



Fig. 86.— Wound- 

 ed bv au enemy. 

 Hidatsa. 



Fig. 87, 

 a woman, 

 datsa. 



