162 THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE [kth. ann. 37 



Ua'rjhere. — Arm band worn by the person who did the actual 

 capturing. If two enemies are captured he can wear an arm band 

 on each arm. 



Red-dyed eagle feather. — A red-dyed eagle feather worn by a war 

 leader who has brought a captured enemy to camp and tortured him 

 with embers. 



Anlie-band of sJcunJc or polecat. — An ankle-band of the skin of a 

 skunk or polecat worn by one who has seen an enemy dead on the 

 battle field and kicked him. If he does it for the second time, he 

 may wear skunk skins on both legs below the knee. If the leader 

 does it he is allowed to use an otter skin. 



B(>2)e tied to belt. — A rope of any desirable length tied to a belt may 

 be worn by an individual who has succeeded in either capturing or 

 killing an enemy's horse. At a dance no one would dare step on it. 

 If an individual does not want to wear this, he may in its place wear 

 a rope around his bod}'. 



Legs painteel white. — An individual who has been on the warpath 

 in winter may paint his legs white, from the knee down. 



Gun painted red. — An individual who has killed an enemy with a 

 gun may carry this gun at a dance and paint it red. 



Spear. — If a person kills an enemy with a spear, he may carry 

 this and tie to it any symbol (eagle feather, etc.) that he has gained. 



Koke're^il^. — An individual who was a well-known warrior and had 

 fought in front of liis comrades, and one whom the enemy respected, 

 was entitled to a long stick with eagle feathers. At a dance he had 

 the privilege of dancing with the stick in front of his comrades. 



Havd on face. — Any warrior making all four coups, who did not 

 care to wear a dress, might paint a man's hand in black upon his face. 



Haven's sHn arouivl neck. — If an individual captured more than 

 one woman in war, he was entitled to wear a raven skin around his 

 neck. 



Body painted yellow ami wounded spot red. — If a man had been 

 wounded on the warpath, he had the right at a dance to paint his 

 body yellow and the wounded spots red, with red streaks running 

 from the wounds. 



Otter slcin around knee and narjgis^o. — A great warrior, one who has 

 gained all the war honors, can, if he does not wish to wear his separate 

 insignia, wear instead an otter skin attached below the knee, whose 

 ends are not quite united. He may also wear a naygis^o consisting 

 of a stick, whittled and painted red, in his hair. 



Valorous deeds are also perpetuated on the gi-ave posts when the 

 warriors who have accompanied the corpse to the grave count coup 

 and draw a picture symbolizing their particular deed on the post. 

 It should therefore be remembered that the markings on these posts 

 do not refer at all to the valorous deeds of the deceased but to those 

 of warriors who happened to count coup at the grave. 



