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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TKIBE 
  

  

  [KTH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  article 
  met 
  with 
  was 
  a 
  flag, 
  carefully 
  folded 
  (fig. 
  92; 
  Pea- 
  

   body 
  Museum 
  no. 
  47S21); 
  all 
  efforts 
  at 
  identification 
  of 
  this 
  flag 
  

   have 
  thus 
  far 
  failed. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  knowledge 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  Kig. 
  91. 
  .-acred 
  War 
  Park 
  (opened 
  to 
  show 
  contents). 
  

  

  Whether 
  it 
  was 
  captured, 
  or 
  presented 
  to 
  a 
  war 
  party 
  by 
  some 
  trader 
  

   in 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  extend 
  his 
  business 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha, 
  is 
  conjecture. 
  

  

  Six 
  swallows, 
  each 
  wrapped 
  in 
  a 
  bladder, 
  four 
  laid 
  together 
  (<■) 
  and 
  

   two 
  (a,h) 
  below 
  these, 
  were 
  beneath 
  the 
  folded 
  Hag 
  (fig. 
  93; 
  Peabody 
  

  

  Museum 
  no. 
  47S17). 
  Next 
  was 
  a 
  

   falcon, 
  the 
  legs 
  tied 
  with 
  a 
  twisted 
  

   cord 
  of 
  sinew, 
  painted 
  red. 
  Below 
  

   this 
  was 
  a 
  swallow-tail 
  kite 
  (h'l<i- 
  

   noides 
  forficatus) 
  (fig. 
  94; 
  Peabody 
  

   Museum 
  no. 
  47X1(>). 
  This 
  bird 
  is 
  

   lined 
  with 
  cloth, 
  native 
  weaving 
  of 
  

   nettle-weed 
  fiber. 
  Several 
  strands 
  

   of 
  native 
  thread 
  arc 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  

   tail 
  and 
  a 
  scalp 
  lock 
  is 
  tied 
  to 
  the 
  

   right 
  leg. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  a 
  swal- 
  

   low-tail 
  hawk 
  (Nauclerusfurcatus), 
  

   a 
  wolf 
  skin, 
  and 
  seven 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  

   fetus 
  of 
  the 
  elk. 
  The 
  last-named 
  

   are 
  said 
  lo 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  t 
  lie. 
  chiefs 
  in 
  a 
  ceremony 
  now 
  lost, 
  

   which 
  was 
  not 
  unlike 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  the 
  Shell 
  society, 
  

   these 
  elk 
  skins 
  taking 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  otter 
  skin. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  l 
  .t^. 
  Flag 
  found 
  in 
  Sacred 
  War 
  Pack. 
  

   Inner 
  rectangle 
  represents 
  flag. 
  Dimensions: 
  

   6 
  ft. 
  it 
  in. 
  by 
  4 
  ft 
  y 
  in.; 
  of 
  cornerrectangle, 
  2 
  ft. 
  

   6in.by2ft.9in. 
  Colors: 
  darkest 
  sections, 
  red; 
  

  

  lightest, 
  yellow: 
  remainder, 
  blue. 
  

  

  