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representative, whatsoever this may be or wheresoever placed. For 

 instauce, the Mountain Lion is primarily god of the "North, but he is 

 supposed to have a representative (younger brother) in the West (the 

 blue Mountain Lion), another in the South (the Ked), in the East (the 

 White), in the Upper regions (the Spotted), and in the Lower regions 

 (the black Mountain Lion). 



llence, also, there are six varieties of the fetich representing any 

 one of these divisions, the variety being determined by the color, as 

 expressed either by tbe material of which, the fetich is formed, or the 

 pigment with which it is painted, or otherwise, as, for example, by 

 inlaying. (Plate III, Fig. 4, and Plate VII, Fig. 2.) 



THE MOlNTAm HON— HUNTER GOD OF THE NORTH. 



According to this classification, which is native, the fetiches of the 

 Mountain Lions are represented on Plate IV. They are invariably dis- 

 tinguished by the tail, which is represented very long, and laid length- 

 wise of the back from the rump nearly or quite to the shoulders, as 

 well as by the ears, which are quite as uniformly rounded and not 

 prominent. 



The fetich of the yellow Mountain Lion (Ila'k-ti t;L'sh-a-na thlup-tsi- 

 na), or God of the North (Plate IV, Fig. 1), is of yellow limestone.* It 

 has been smoothly carved, and is evidently of great antiquity, as shown 

 by its polish and patina, the latter partly of blood. The anus and 

 eyes are quite marked holes made by drilling. An arrow-point of flint 

 is bound to the back with cordage of cotton, which latter, however, 

 from its newness, seems to have been recently added. 



The fetich of the blue Mountain Lion, of the West (Ha'k-ti ta'sh-a- 

 na thli-a-na), is represented iu Plate IV, Fig. 2. The original is com- 

 posed of finely veined azurite or carbonate of copper, which, although 

 specked with harder serpentinous nodules, is almost entirely blue. It 

 has been carefully finished, and the ears, eyes, nostrils, mouth, tail, 

 anus, and legs are clearly cut. 



The fetich of the white Mountain Lion, of the East (Ha'k-ti tii'sh-a 

 na k'oha-na), is represented by several specimens, two of which are re- 

 produced iu Plate IV, Figs. 3 and 4. The former is very small and 

 composed of compact white limestone, the details being pronounced, 

 and the whole specimen finished with more than usual elaboration. 

 The latter is unusually large, of compact gypsum or alabaster, and (luite 

 carefully carved. The eyes have been inlaid with turkoises, and there 

 is cut around its neck a groove by which the beads of shell, coral, &c., 

 were originally fastened. A large arrow head of chalcedony has been 

 bound with cords of cotton flatwise along one side of the body. 



The only fetich representing the red Mountain Lion, of the South 

 (HiVk-ti tii'sh-a-na a-ho-na), in the collection was too imperfect for repro- 

 duction. 



^I am iudebteil to Mr. S. F. Emmons, of the GeoloRical Survey, for assisting mo to 

 determiuo approximately tlio miueralogical character of those specimens. 



