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A STUDY OF SIOUAN CULTS. 



The black spots ie])resent the phices where the bivfitaloes phiy "buffalo 

 wallows." Buffalo hoofs are in blue. 



Duba ina"f i""s father had a vision of horses, heuce he wished to de- 

 pict horse-tails and tracks on his tent, as found in Fig. IT.'J; but he died 

 before he liuished it. 



The father of Ma"tcu na"ba had a vision of horses, and bequeathed 

 to his son Ma"tcu-na"ba the right to decorate his tent in the style shown 

 in Fig. 174. The yellow was connected with the vision. When the 

 owner dwelt in an earth-lodge, the horse-tail was tied to a long pole, 

 which was thrust through the oi)ening at the top of the lodge. So when 

 he used his skin tent, the horse-tail bung from the top of a long pole 

 above the smoke-hole. 



When the Omaha dwelt near the present town of Homer, Nebr., and 

 Wacka"hi was a young child, he went out to play, and fell asleep. He 

 said that he was aroused by the sounds made by ninny chickens crow- 



Fio. 175.— Wacka»liis tuut. 



FKi. 176. — Tent I'l uiikiKtwa Omaba. 



ing and cackling. In those days {fide George Miller) there were no 

 white people in that neighborhood; but now in that very place where 

 Wacka"hi had the vision, there is a wealthy family living, and besides 

 large herds they have a great many chickens. In remembrance of that 

 occurrence, Wacka"hi painted his tent with his personal decoration as 

 given in Fig. 175. 



An unknown Omaha had a vision of deer, so he decorated his tent 

 accordingly. (Sec Fig. 176.) George Miller could not furnish the man's 

 name. 



§ 51. Among the members of the order of Grizzly Bear shamans was 

 an Omaha named xcbi'ii (Frog). The top of his tent was painted yellow, 

 as shown in Fig. 177. There was no other decoration; luit this yellow 

 evidently was connected with a grizzly bear vision, as it appears in the 

 decoration adopted by the father of Two Crows, who was not only one 



