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BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 61 



At subsequent gatherings of the tribe a woman was allowed to 

 carry evidences of her husband's success in war. Such a privilege 

 as this was greatly prized by the women. Plate 53 shows a gathering 

 at Bull Head, S. Dak. In the foreground appears a woman seated, 

 holding a pole on which are the trophies of her husband's success in 

 war, the wnsp of hoi*sehair representing a scalp. (See also fig. 29.) 



If a young man had been successful on his first war parly, it was 

 expected that at the first large gathering after his return he would 

 give away many horses and receive his manhood name, suggestive 

 of his deed of valor. After that he discarded his childhood or boy- 

 hood names. If hes went on the warpath again and excelled his first 

 achievement, on his return he could be given still another mime to 

 correspond with his second victory. 



A man who captured horses usually gave some of them to the 

 women of his family. This custom is expressed in the following song: 



No. 145. "Horses I Am Bringing" (Catalogue No. 529) 



Suug by Two Shields 

 Voice J = 84 

 Drum not recorded 



r r r 



taij-ke hi - ua-piij ua waij-zi o-yus-payo 



taijke'' • older sister 



hina^pa yo come outside 



6ur)ka^wakar) horses 



awa'kuwe I am bringing 



back 



