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§ 393. The following is a list of composite names which may be found 

 to symbolize the four elements. The elements are designated by their 

 respective abbreviations: E for earth, F for fire; A for air, and W for 

 water. The interrogation mark after any name denotes a provisional 

 or conjectural assignment. 



Turtle Grizzly-bear (W+E). 

 Grizzly-liear Small-bird (E + A). 

 Cloud Grizzly-bear (Ff + E). 

 Grizzly-bear Buffalo-bull (E-f- ?). 

 Fire Grizzly-bear (F-fE). 

 Sun Grizzly-bear (F+E). 

 Ghost Grizzly-bear ( ?+E). 

 Grizzly-bear Weasel, given as "Weasel 

 Bear" in 4th An. Kept. Bur. Eth., PI. 

 LXlx, f(o. 174. 

 Iron Grizzly-bear ("Iron" is generally 

 denoted by blue in the Dakota picto- 

 graphs. See $107.) 

 Bald-eagle Grizzly-bear (A?+E). 

 Shield Grizzly-bear. (The shield is on the 

 bear's side, 4th Eth., PI. Lxin, No. 62.) 

 Crow Grizzly-bear. 



Whirlwind Grizzly-be.ar. (The whirlwind 

 precedes in the pictograph, 4th Eth., 

 PI. LViii, No. 77.) 

 Hawk Thunder-being. 

 Pigeon Thunder-being. (A'xoiwere name 



— not yet found in Diikota.) 

 Buffalo-bull Thunder-being. 

 Grizzly-bear Thunder-being (E-fF). 

 Fire Thunder-being (F+F). 

 Elk Thunder-being. 

 Pipe Thunder-being. (4th Eth., PI. LXXI, 



No. 179, a winded pipe.) 

 Cloud Thunder-being. 

 Horse Thunder-being. 

 Iron Thunder-being. (See ^ 107.) • 

 Earth Thunder-being (E-fF.) 

 Black-Bird Eagle. 



Eagle Hawk. (4th Eth., PI. lvi, No. 53.) 

 Eagle Small-bird. (4th Eth., Pl.LXvi,No. 



lie.) 

 Grizzly-bear Eagle. (4th Eth., PI. i.xix. 



No. 170; a bear with an e.agle's t.iil.) 

 Horse Eagle. (4th Eth., PI. lxviii. No. 



153; horse body and eagle's tail.) 

 Dog Eagle. (4th Eth., PI. lii. No. 9: dog 



with eagle's tail.) 

 Eagle Swallow. (4th Eth., PI. lxxix. No. 

 282; eagle with forked tail of a swal- 

 low). 

 Cloud Eagle. 

 Iron Deer. 

 Cloud Dog. 



Butlalo-bull Small-bird. 



Mountain Buffalo-bull. 



Crow Buffalo-bull. 



Buffalo-bull Dog. 



Cloud Buffalo-bull. 



Buffalo-bull Man (i. e., Indian). 



Buffalo-bull Ghost. 



Stone Buffalo-bull. 



Buffalo-bull Buffalo-cow (the only name 



in which both sexes are given). 

 Iron Buffalo-bull. (See § 107.) 

 Buffalo-bull Wind. 

 Buffalo-cow Eagle. 



Iron Buffalo. (N. B.— It is uncertain 

 to which element the buffalo should b<^ 

 assigned. He seems to be associated 

 with .all of them.) 

 Sun-dog (F?~|-Ef). 

 Eagle Thunder-Being (A?+F). 

 Elk Eagle. (4th Eth., PI. LXX, No. 178; 



an elk's horns and eagle's tail.) 

 Sun Eagle (F+A). 

 Star Eagle (F?+A). 

 Stone Eagle (E?+A). 

 Iron Eagle. 

 Crow Eagle. 

 Owl Eagle. 

 Weasel Eagle. 

 Grizzly-bear Hawk. 

 Fire Hawk. 



Scarlet Hawk Whirlwind. 

 Hawk Ghost. 

 Iron Hawk. (4th Eth., PI. LVI, No. 47 ; the 



hawk is blue.) 

 Iron Wolf. 

 Wolf Ghost. 

 Fire Wind (F+A). 

 Fire Lightning. 

 Iron Lightning. 

 Iron Star. 

 Iron Boy. (4th Eth., PI. Lvm, No. 81 ; a 



boy painted blue. ) 

 Iron Crow. (4th Eth., PI. lvi, No. 47: 



a crow painted blue.) 

 Crow Ghost. 

 Iron Elk. 



Feniiile-elk Boy. (4tli Eth., PI. lvii, No. 

 66; the head and shoulders of a boy 

 joined to a female elk.) 



