ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Page. 



1. Portrait of Wa-xthi'-zhi (Puma gens) 36 



2. Counting sticlvs for songs: ,4, Front; B, back; C, consecrated tally 



sticks 72 



3. Deer's tail headdress 72 



4. Painting of Xo'-lj;a 72 



5. Portable shrine, unfolded 72 



6. Wa-xo'-be and pouch 94 



7. A, Wa-tse'-mo^-i"; B, Ku'-zhi-wa-tse, member of the Po°'-ka Wa- 



shta'-ge gens 94 



8. Stones for vapor bath and frame for the house 158 



9. A, Ni'-ka-\va-zhi"-to"-ga, Po^'-ka Wa-shta'-ge gens; B, Shon'-ge- 



mo "-i" 158 



10. Sho"'-ge-mo"-i° counting his war honors 178 



11. Xo'-ka with war club and hawk 178 



12. Method of painting face 242 



13. Sacred hawks belted with scalp locks 242 



14. Standards 336 



15. Symbohc club 336 



16. Xo'-ka setting to flight the magic arrows 366 



17. Xo'-ka dropping hawk 366 



TEXT FIGURES. 



1. Diagram of cutting of buflPalo skin for symbolic moccasins 62 



2. Ground plan of place of initiation 84 



3. Portable shrine, folded -•_ i 88 



4. Bow and arrows 365 



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