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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [E'I'H 
  ANN 
  

  

  given. 
  A 
  pipe 
  is 
  tattooed 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  figure, 
  the 
  

   howl 
  pointing 
  upward. 
  At 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  neck, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   stone 
  knife, 
  a 
  triangle 
  is 
  traced; 
  a 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  hypotenuse 
  extends 
  

   to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  shoulder. 
  These 
  represent 
  tents. 
  The 
  design 
  

   means 
  that 
  "the 
  Sacred 
  Pipe 
  has 
  descended." 
  "All 
  its 
  keepers 
  

   must 
  be 
  marked 
  in 
  this 
  way." 
  If 
  a 
  keeper 
  had 
  cut 
  off 
  heads 
  in 
  

   battle, 
  skulls 
  would 
  be 
  represented 
  between 
  the 
  pointed 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  

   bands 
  which 
  fall 
  over 
  the 
  shoulders. 
  It 
  was 
  explained 
  that 
  the 
  

  

  Fig. 
  48. 
  Tattooed 
  design, 
  "mark 
  of 
  honor" 
  (Osage). 
  

  

  pictured 
  skulls 
  would 
  draw 
  to 
  the 
  tattooed 
  man 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  

   men 
  he 
  had 
  killed, 
  so 
  that 
  his 
  life 
  would 
  be 
  prolonged 
  by 
  virtue 
  

   of 
  their 
  unexpended 
  days. 
  

  

  The 
  man 
  here 
  shown 
  was 
  about 
  17 
  years 
  old 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  tattooed. 
  

   He 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  tattooing 
  was 
  done 
  "to 
  make 
  him 
  faithful 
  in 
  keeping 
  

   the 
  rites;" 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  tried 
  to 
  have 
  visions 
  by 
  the 
  Pipes, 
  which 
  he 
  

   had 
  always 
  respected 
  and 
  "had 
  never 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  ground;" 
  and 
  that 
  

   he 
  had 
  sought 
  these 
  visions 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  thus 
  careful 
  of 
  the 
  Pipes 
  

   in 
  order 
  that 
  his 
  children 
  might 
  have 
  long 
  life. 
  

  

  