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  519 
  

  

  been 
  divided, 
  so 
  that 
  now 
  each 
  lodge 
  has 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  its 
  Just 
  

   pack. 
  

  

  The 
  dress 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  varied 
  with 
  their 
  ability 
  to 
  possess 
  fine 
  

   garments. 
  The 
  men 
  were 
  expected 
  to 
  wear 
  only 
  the 
  breechcloth 
  

   and 
  moccasins. 
  While 
  a 
  few 
  observed 
  this 
  rule, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  

   wore 
  shirts 
  or 
  leggings. 
  In 
  that 
  ease 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  paint 
  which 
  ran 
  

   down 
  each 
  arm 
  to 
  the 
  thumb 
  was 
  drawn 
  on 
  the 
  sleeve, 
  of 
  the 
  shirt. 
  

   The 
  skin 
  tunic 
  of 
  the 
  women 
  of 
  early 
  days 
  was 
  usually 
  replaced 
  in 
  

   later 
  times 
  by 
  a 
  calico 
  or 
  other 
  cloth 
  sack 
  and 
  skirt, 
  embroidered 
  

   with 
  ribbons 
  which 
  reproduced 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  design 
  the 
  old 
  porcupine- 
  

   quill 
  embroidery, 
  or 
  by 
  a 
  gown 
  of 
  the 
  style 
  commonly 
  worn 
  by 
  

   white 
  women. 
  Still 
  later, 
  rather 
  bizarre 
  designs 
  much 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  

   Oto 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  tribes, 
  which 
  showed 
  considerable 
  white 
  influ- 
  

   ence, 
  became 
  " 
  fashionable 
  " 
  as 
  " 
  foreign 
  importations." 
  (Pis. 
  60-64.) 
  

  

  The 
  painting 
  on 
  the 
  face, 
  the 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  to 
  the 
  ears, 
  

   representing 
  a 
  ray 
  of 
  the 
  sun, 
  and 
  the 
  lines 
  down 
  the 
  arms 
  typi- 
  

   fying 
  the 
  lightning 
  were 
  

   in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  

   manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   mysterious 
  stranger 
  

   painted 
  the 
  children 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  putting 
  of 
  down 
  

   (which 
  should 
  be 
  from 
  

   under 
  the 
  left 
  wing 
  of 
  

   the 
  swan) 
  upon 
  the 
  head 
  

   constituted 
  the 
  peculiar 
  

   decoration 
  of 
  the 
  mem- 
  

   bers. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  regalia 
  the 
  

   right 
  to 
  wear 
  which 
  was 
  

   purchased 
  by 
  men 
  were 
  

  

  an 
  Otter-skin 
  cap, 
  a 
  *i«-K»- 
  Moccasin 
  design 
  belonging 
  to 
  

  

  beaded 
  cap 
  with 
  a 
  feat 
  her 
  

   in 
  front 
  that 
  slants 
  to 
  the 
  left, 
  a 
  black-squirrel-skin 
  bag, 
  a 
  red-squirrel- 
  

   skin 
  bag, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  black 
  skin 
  moccasins 
  with 
  a 
  bear 
  embroidered 
  on 
  the 
  

   left 
  foot 
  in 
  black 
  beads 
  on 
  a 
  background 
  of 
  white 
  beads, 
  the 
  head 
  being 
  

   toward 
  the 
  toe, 
  and 
  a 
  buffalo 
  similarly 
  embroidered 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  foot 
  

   (fig. 
  109). 
  The 
  right 
  to 
  wear 
  these 
  descended 
  to 
  "the 
  eldest 
  son;" 
  they 
  

   may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  plate 
  59. 
  The 
  right 
  to 
  carry 
  a 
  silver-fox-skin 
  bag 
  was 
  

   purchased 
  bya 
  woman. 
  Each 
  member 
  had 
  his 
  own 
  otter-skin 
  mystery 
  

   bag 
  (fig. 
  110; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  53054) 
  and 
  a 
  left 
  wing 
  which 
  

   represented 
  the 
  wing 
  of 
  the 
  "holy 
  bird," 
  the 
  swan. 
  (This 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing 
  is 
  regarded 
  by 
  some 
  persons 
  as 
  an 
  innovation, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  " 
  t 
  lie 
  

   wing 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Pebble 
  society.") 
  The 
  mystery 
  hags 
  were 
  not 
  

   buried 
  with 
  the 
  dead, 
  but 
  were 
  generally 
  handed 
  down 
  and 
  passed 
  on 
  

   with 
  the 
  place 
  taken 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  member. 
  Two 
  shells 
  were 
  used, 
  Olivia 
  

  

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  son's 
  " 
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  society 
  (native 
  drawing). 
  

  

  