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prints of heiirs' paws. The lower i>art of the tent was blackened with 

 ashes or charcoal. Among the lour zigzag lines, red, according to Mr. 

 Francis La Fleche, symbolizes the east. 



Fig. 161.— Robe ot .I'llie-Vip'*- 



Wanukige, a chief of the Ictasanda gens, had a vision of the aurora 

 borealis, so he depicted this on his robes and tent, as .shown in Figs. 1.58 

 and 159. On the tent were seven stripes, three on each side of the 

 entrance and one in the rear. Each robe that he wore had seven- 

 stripes. 



Fig. 1(10 represents the personal mystery decoration of (faqubeof the 

 Aja"ze gens. George Miller's father could 

 wear this decoration, but the right to it 

 couhl not be ti-ansmitted.by him to any 

 one else, jahe jap'C, of the ^je'i" sub- 

 gens of the (|'atada gens, once had a vis- 

 ion of two stars and the new moon. Con- 

 sequently he decorated his buffalo robe, 

 as .shown in Fig. 1 01, and Joined the order 

 of Thunder shamans. He died when the 

 author was at the Omaha agency (between 

 1878 and 1880). 



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§ 4(5. There are examples of generic 

 forms of decoration, as well as those of 

 specific forms. For instance, when a i)er- 

 son had a vision of the night, or of the ^"'- "^-<^''"'" ^''™""°° "''""'"s 'o 



" ' night, etc. 



Thunder-being, or one of some other su- 



perterrestrial object, he blackened the upper part of his tent and a 



small ijortion on each side of the entrance, as shown in Fig. IGU, 



