﻿FLETCHER-LA 
  FLESCHE] 
  WARFARE 
  411 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  First 
  four 
  lines 
  and 
  last 
  line, 
  vocables. 
  

   Witu 
  n 
  'ge, 
  younger 
  sister; 
  se'sasa, 
  trotting: 
  aHhu 
  n 
  wa 
  n 
  gihe, 
  follows 
  me. 
  

  

  Women 
  were 
  always 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  "sisters." 
  The 
  words 
  picture 
  

   the 
  little 
  sister 
  trotting 
  along 
  with 
  her 
  share 
  of 
  the 
  spoils, 
  following 
  

   the 
  warriors. 
  The 
  lively 
  music 
  has 
  a 
  quaint 
  charm. 
  

  

  SACRED 
  WAR 
  PACK 
  AND 
  CONTENTS 
  

  

  The 
  Sacred 
  War 
  Pack, 
  which 
  was 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  Tent 
  of 
  War, 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  articles 
  kept 
  in 
  this 
  tent, 
  was 
  deposited 
  in 
  1884 
  

   in 
  the 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  of 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  where 
  they 
  have 
  

   been 
  examined 
  and 
  photographed. 
  This 
  pack 
  (fig. 
  90; 
  Peabody 
  

   Museum 
  no. 
  37563) 
  is 
  of 
  skin; 
  it 
  was 
  so 
  rolled 
  as 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  

  

  Flu. 
  yu. 
  Sacred 
  War 
  Pack 
  (unopened). 
  

  

  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  large, 
  long-bodied 
  bird, 
  one 
  end 
  being 
  fringed 
  to 
  rep- 
  

   resent 
  the 
  tail. 
  It 
  is 
  800 
  mm. 
  long 
  and 
  300 
  mm. 
  in 
  circumference; 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  is 
  220 
  mm. 
  The 
  pack 
  was 
  held 
  together 
  by 
  a 
  

   band 
  wound 
  about 
  it 
  twice. 
  A 
  band 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  had 
  ends 
  so 
  

   looped 
  that 
  the 
  pack 
  could 
  be 
  hung 
  up 
  or 
  carried, 
  if 
  necessary. 
  

   There, 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  slits 
  in 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  covering 
  through 
  

   which 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  hide 
  was 
  threaded 
  in 
  and 
  out 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  gather 
  the 
  

   covering 
  and 
  form 
  the 
  neck 
  of 
  the 
  bird; 
  this 
  end 
  is 
  the 
  head. 
  The 
  

   other 
  end 
  is 
  slashed 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  tail 
  feathers. 
  The 
  covering 
  is 
  

   wide 
  enough 
  to 
  lie 
  wound 
  twice 
  about 
  the 
  contents 
  and 
  twisted 
  at 
  

   the 
  neck 
  end, 
  but 
  not 
  at 
  the 
  tail 
  end. 
  It 
  was 
  folded 
  over 
  and 
  tied 
  by 
  

   bits 
  of 
  hide 
  knotted 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side. 
  When 
  the 
  pack 
  was 
  opened 
  

   it 
  was 
  photographed 
  with 
  the 
  contents 
  in 
  situ 
  (fig. 
  91; 
  Peabody 
  Mu- 
  

   seum 
  no. 
  47S20). 
  

  

  