214 PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



roka, though as the latter were the most inveterate enemies of the 

 Sioux, aud as the word Pallani for Arikara is applied to all enemies, 

 the Crow custom may have been depicted as a generic mark. The 

 practice of painting the forehead red, also an Absaroka custom, serves 

 to distinguish the pictures as individuals of one of the two tribes. 



PARTICULAR EXPLOITS AND EVENTS. 



A record on ivory shown as Figure 135, was obtained by Dr. W. J. 

 Hoffman in San Francisco, California, iu 1882, and was interpreted to 

 him by an Alaskan native. The story represents the success of a hunt; 

 the animals desired are shown, as well as those which were secured. 



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10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 



Fig. 135. — Record of hunt. Alaska. 



The following is the explanation of the characters : 

 1, 2. Deer. 



3. Porcupine. 



4. Winter, or permanent, habitation. The cross-piece resting upon 

 two vertical poles constitutes the rack, used for drying fish. 



5. One of the natives occupying the same lodge with the recorder. 



6. The hunter whose exploits are narrated. 



7. 8, 9. Beavers. 

 10-14. Martens. 



15. A weasel, according to the interpretation, although there are no 

 specific characters to identify it as different from the preceding. 



16. Land otter. . 19. A walrus. 



17. A bear. 20. A seal. 



18. A fox. 21. A wolf. 



By reference to the illustration it will be observed that all the 

 animals secured are turned toward the house of the speaker, while the 

 heads of those animals desired, but not captured, are turned away from 

 it. 



The following is the text iu the Kiatexamut dialect of the Innuit lau- 



