﻿l'l. 
  ETCHER-LA 
  FLESril 
  I. 
  | 
  SOCIAL 
  LIFE 
  363 
  

  

  To 
  a 
  man 
  belonged 
  his 
  regalia, 
  clothing, 
  weapons, 
  and 
  other 
  per- 
  

   sonal 
  property. 
  Horses 
  were 
  not 
  exclusively 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  

   men. 
  Women 
  owned 
  their 
  own 
  ponies 
  and 
  disposed 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  

   pleased. 
  Children 
  owned 
  their 
  ponies 
  and 
  a 
  parent 
  did 
  not 
  assume 
  

   the 
  right 
  to 
  give 
  away 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  without 
  the 
  child's 
  consent. 
  

  

  At 
  death, 
  the 
  articles 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  immediate 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  

   deceased 
  were 
  buried 
  with 
  the 
  body. 
  Other 
  possessions, 
  as 
  extra 
  

   weapons 
  and 
  utensils, 
  passed 
  to 
  the 
  children 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  old 
  enough 
  

   to 
  use 
  them, 
  otherwise 
  to 
  the 
  brothers 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  man 
  or 
  woman. 
  

  

  Hospitality 
  was 
  the 
  rule 
  and 
  food 
  was 
  shared 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  it 
  lasted 
  

   but 
  food 
  was 
  not 
  communal 
  property. 
  No 
  corn 
  was 
  raised 
  and 
  kept 
  

   for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  nor 
  was 
  any 
  meat 
  set 
  apart 
  for 
  general 
  use. 
  

   An 
  offering 
  of 
  meat 
  was 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  Anointing 
  the 
  Pole 
  

   but 
  the 
  meat 
  was 
  contributed 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  Societies 
  owned 
  certain 
  articles, 
  as 
  wooden 
  bowls, 
  packs 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  regalia, 
  and 
  medicines 
  (see 
  p. 
  518). 
  Songs 
  were 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  

   certain 
  subgentes, 
  societies, 
  or 
  individuals 
  (pp. 
  233, 
  249, 
  373). 
  Some 
  

   songs, 
  however, 
  were 
  free 
  to 
  the 
  people, 
  particularly 
  the 
  songs 
  belong- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  Wa'wa" 
  ceremony 
  (p. 
  376). 
  

  

  Amusements 
  

  

  In 
  their 
  play 
  the 
  children 
  were 
  apt 
  to 
  mimic 
  the 
  occupations 
  of 
  

   their 
  elders. 
  At 
  an 
  early 
  age 
  the 
  girls 
  began 
  to 
  play 
  "keep 
  house." 
  

   Miniature 
  tents 
  were 
  set 
  up. 
  The 
  mother's 
  robe 
  or 
  shawl 
  was 
  often 
  

   seized 
  for 
  a 
  tent 
  cover; 
  the 
  poles 
  were 
  frequently 
  tall 
  sunflower 
  stalks. 
  

   If 
  the 
  boys 
  were 
  gallant, 
  they 
  would 
  cut 
  the 
  poles 
  for 
  the 
  girls. 
  It 
  

   was 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  delight 
  if 
  the 
  tent 
  was 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  creep 
  into. 
  

   Generally 
  the 
  feet 
  and 
  legs 
  would 
  protrude 
  but 
  if 
  the 
  heads 
  were 
  well 
  

   under 
  cover 
  it 
  was 
  easy 
  to 
  "make-believe." 
  Both 
  boys 
  and 
  girls 
  

   liked 
  to 
  play 
  "going 
  on 
  the 
  hunt." 
  The 
  boys 
  took 
  two 
  parts 
  — 
  they 
  

   were 
  hunters 
  sometimes 
  and 
  sometimes 
  ponies. 
  When 
  the 
  latter, 
  

   the 
  girls 
  tied 
  the 
  tent 
  cover 
  in 
  a 
  bundle 
  and 
  fastened 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  tent 
  

   poles 
  to 
  the 
  boy 
  pony, 
  who 
  might 
  be 
  a 
  docile 
  creature 
  or 
  a 
  very 
  frac- 
  

   tious 
  animal 
  and 
  particularly 
  troublesome 
  when 
  fording 
  a 
  stream 
  

   or 
  if 
  the 
  camp 
  was 
  attacked 
  by 
  enemies, 
  as 
  such 
  ponies 
  always 
  

   stampeded. 
  Sometimes 
  men 
  carried 
  through 
  life 
  their 
  pony 
  reputa- 
  

   tion. 
  Women 
  would 
  laughingly 
  point 
  out 
  some 
  elderly 
  man 
  and 
  say: 
  

   " 
  He 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  bad 
  pony" 
  or 
  else 
  "a 
  very 
  good 
  pony." 
  The 
  

   boys 
  who 
  played 
  warrior 
  wore 
  war 
  bonnets 
  made 
  from 
  corn 
  husks, 
  

   which 
  cost 
  much 
  labor 
  to 
  manufacture 
  and 
  were 
  quite 
  effective 
  when 
  

   well 
  done. 
  Children 
  made 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  playthings 
  out 
  of 
  clay 
  and 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  boj^s 
  and 
  girls 
  were 
  veiy 
  clever 
  in 
  modeling 
  dishes, 
  pipes, 
  

   dolls,, 
  tents, 
  etc. 
  The 
  writer 
  once 
  came 
  across 
  a 
  miniature 
  clay 
  coffin 
  

   with 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  glass 
  set 
  in, 
  beneath 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  clay 
  baby. 
  Some 
  child 
  

   had 
  seen 
  the 
  funeral 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  person 
  and 
  had 
  devised 
  a 
  new 
  play- 
  

  

  