BADIN] THE CLAN WAR-BUNDLE FEASTS 547 



you can do so, and the women likewise can join, because we have 

 rolled up our bundle. To the dog that we have here, an offering of 

 tobacco can be made." Thus speaking, he sings. After he has 

 finished the song, someone specially called upon gives the war 

 whoop, in which the rest join. In this manner they sing four times, 

 and the ceremony ends. They have a dog around whose neck they 

 tie a red rag, together with a bundle of tobacco, and to each of 

 whose limbs they also tie a bundle of tobacco. Tliis dead dog is to 

 be placed wherever the bones that remain of the feast are buried, 

 generally under some tree. It is supposed that the dog will go 

 directly to the Disease-giver together with the tobacco and there 

 be taken over by him. 



Notes on the Thunderbird clan war-bundle feast. — Informant, mem- 

 ber of the clan: Place of honor at the feast is given to the bravest 

 man present. Scalps, etc., are always brought to those keeping 

 the war bundle. 



Contents of bundle: Black hawk (main thing), two wolf tails, 

 buffalo tail, snake, weasel, three flutes — one red, one black, and one 

 blue. 



Black hawk used in time of war. If I were leading the war party 

 I would carry it and it would be able to fly. It had a small bundle 

 of medicine tied around the neck, on each wing and each leg. A red 

 flute always went with it. 



The two wolf tails could be taken on any warpath. It gives an 

 individual the power of running. The medicine tied to it is to be 

 smeared over the body in order to prevent fatigue. It is also used 

 in hunting. 



Buffalo tail gives fleetness and indicates that the man received 

 strength from the buffalo spirit. 



Weasel and snake could be put around the neck and worn over 

 the shoulders in times of war. Gives the power of these respective 

 animals in wiggling. 



Flutes, blue in connection with the buffalo, red in connection 

 with the black hawk, and black in connection with the night spirits 



The War-bundle Feast of the Bear Clan 



Informant, member of the Bear clan: The people were about to go 

 on a hunt, it is said. They returned. Four deer had been killed. 

 And again they went, and this time three deer were killed. But it was 

 not sufficient, so they went out again, and when they returned it was 

 found that they had killed only three deer. "Well," they said, "this 

 will be all right. We have ten deer. Perhaps they will last as food 

 until dawn." 



They told the attendants to get ready the lodge and to build the 

 fireplaces. They. told them also to have the wood and the buck- 



