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(fig. 29). A similar custom was noted at White Earth, Minn., among 

 the Chippewa. In plate 16, Bulletin 53, is showTi a Chippewa 

 woman, the daughter of a chief, carrying such a banner, which 

 belonged to her father. 



The distinctive rattle of the Strong Heart society is sho^voi in 

 plate 45. This consists of a rawhide receptacle on which are traced 

 the hnes of a turtle. It contains a few small stones or shot. This 

 rattle was used by the dancers. 



One of the customs of this society seems to have been designed to 

 increase the self-control of its members. An informant said: 



In the old days there were four lodges of the Strong Hearts in the center of the 

 village. Every morning the Strong Heart men met in one of these lodges and sang 

 their songs. Then two young men with rattles and two with bows and arrows went 

 around the village and killed dogs which were to be eaten in their lodge. Some 

 Indians are short tempered, and the Strong Hearts did not kill their dogs. They 

 killed the dogs of jjrominent families and when the dog was shot they shouted and 

 shook their rattles. It strengthened a man's heart to have his dog killed and not 

 show anger. Th« women singed the dogs, cooked them, and took them to one of 

 the Strong Heart lodges. There they all sang and danced, and the dogs were part 

 of the feast. 



No. 116. Song of the Strong Heart Society (a) 



Sung by Eagle Shield 



(Catalogue is'o. 509) 



Voice J - 84 

 Drum not recorded 



Ko-la tu-wa na-pe-di-na- haij o-pa kte Sni 



kola'' friends 



tu'wa whoever 



nape' ('■inahag runs away 



o'pa kte ^ni ye shall not be admitted 



