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pact white limestone. The first is evidently a natural fragment, the 

 feet being but slightly indicated by grinding, the mouth by a deep cut 

 straight across the snout, and the eyes by deeply drilled depressions, 

 the deep groove around the neck being designed merely to receive the 

 necklace. The second, however, is more elaborate, the pointed chin, 

 horizontal tail, and pricked-up ears being distinctly carved, and yet in 

 form the specimen resembles more a weasel than a coyote. 



The fetich of the many-colored Coyote (Sus-k'i i-to-pa-nah-na-na), of 

 the Upper regions, is reproduced in Plate V, Fig. G, which represents 

 the male and female together, the latter being indicated merely by the 

 smaller size and the shorter tail. They are both of aragonite. This 

 conjoined form of the male and female fetiches is rare, and is signilicant 

 of other powers than those of the hunt. 



The black Coyote (Siisk'i shi-k'ia-na), of the Lower regions, is repre- 

 sented by Plate V, Fig. 7, the original of which is of compact white 

 limestone or yellowish-gray marble, and shows traces of black paint or 

 staining. 



THE WIID-CAT-HUNTER «0B OF THE SOUTH. 



The fetiches of the Wild Cat, the principal of which is God of the 

 South, are represented on Plate VI. They are characterized by short 

 horizontal tails and in most cases by vertical faces and short ears, less 

 erect than in the fetiches of the Coyote. 



Plate VI, Fig. 1, represents the fetich of the yellow Wild Cat (T6-pi 

 thliiptsi-na) of the North. Although of yellow limestone, it is stained 

 nearly black with blood. A long, clearly-chipped arrow-point of chal- 

 cedony is bound with blood-stained cotton cordage along the right side 

 of the figure, and a necklace of white shell beads (K6-ha-kwa), with one 

 of black stone (Kewi-na-kwa) among them, encircles the neck. 



Plate VI, Fig. 2, represents the fetich of the blue Wild Cat (T(S-pi 

 thli-ana), of the West. It is formed from basaltic clay of a grayish-blue 

 color, and is furnished with an arrow-point of jasper (jasp vernis), upon 

 which is laid a small fragment of turkois, both secured to the back 

 of the specimen with sinew taken from the animal represented. Plate 

 VI, Fig. 3, likewise represents the fetich of the Wild Cat of the West. 

 It is a fragment from a thin vein of malachite and azurite, or green 

 and blue carbonate of copper, and has been but little changed from its 

 original condition. 



Plate VI, Fig. 4, represents the red Wild Cat (T6 pi ^-ho-na), of the 

 South. Although formed from gypsum or yellow limestone, its color 

 has been changed by the application of paint. It is supplied with the 

 usual necklace aud arrow point of the perfect fetich, secured by bands 

 of sinew and cotton. 



Both Figs. 5 and 6 of Plate VI represent the fetich of the white Wild 

 Cat (Te pi k'o-ha na), of the East, and are of compact white limestone 

 carefully fashioned and polished, the one to represent the perfect animal. 



