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with "wase-jide-nika," or Indian red. Then with the tips of the index, 

 middle, and the next finger, are red spots made down the child's back, 

 at short intervals, in imitation of a fawn. The child's breech cloth (sic) 

 is also marked in a similar way. With the tips of three fingers are 

 rubbed .--tripes as long as a hand on the arms and chest of the infant. 

 All the j/i-da people, even the servants, decorate themselves. Rubbing 

 the rest of the Indian red on the palms of their hands, they pass their 

 hands backwards over their hair; and they finally make red spots on 

 their chests, about the size of a hand. The members of the Pipe sub- 

 gens, and those persons in the other subgentes who are related to the 

 infant's father through the calumet dance, are the only ones who are 

 allowed to use the privileged decoration, and to wear hi n qpe (down) in 

 their hair. If the infant belongs to the Pipe subgens, charcoal, verdi 

 gris, and the skin of a wild-cat are placed beside him, as the articles 

 not to be touched by him in after life. Then he is addressed thus: "This 

 you must not touch; this, too, you must not touch; and this you must 

 not touch." The verdigris symbolizes the blue sky. 



La Fleche and Two Crows said that the custom is different from the 

 above. When a child is named on the fifth day after birth, all of the 

 gentiles are not invited, the only person who is called is an old man who 

 belongs to the subgens of the infant. 5 He puts the spots on the child, 

 and gives it its name ; but there is no breech-cloth. 



§06. Names of men. I. Pipe subgens. — Chief that Watches over some- 

 thing. Eagle Chief. Eagle that excels, or Eagle-maker (I). Wags his 

 Tail. Standing Moose or Deer. (Lightniug) Dazzles the Eyes, making 

 them Blink. Shows Iron. Horns Pulled around (?). Forked Horns. 

 (Fawn that) Does not Flee to a place of refuge. (Deer) Alights, mak- 

 ing the sound " stapi." Pawnee Tempter, a war name. White Tail. 

 Gray Face. Like a Buffalo Horn ('?). Walks Near. Not ashamed to 

 ask for anything. (Fawn) Is not Shot at (by the hunter). White Breast. 

 Goes to the Hill. Elk. 



II. Boy Chief's subgens. — Human-male Eagle (a Dakota name, J. La 

 Fleche). Heart Bone (of a deer; some say it refers to the thunder; J. 

 La Fleche says that it has been recently brought from the Kansas). 

 Fawn gives a sadden cry. Small Hoofs. Dark Chiu. Forked Horns. 

 (Deer) Leaps and raises a sudden Dust by Alighting on the ground. He 

 who Wishes to be Sacred (or a doctor). Flees not. Forked Horns of a 

 Fawn. 



III. Thunder subgens. — Spotted Back (of a fawn). Small Hoofs. Like 

 a Buffalo Horn. Wet Moccasins (that is, the feet of a deer. A female 

 name among the Osages, etc.). Young Male animal. White Tail. Daz- 

 zles the Eyes. Spoken to (by the thunder-god). Young Thunder-god. 

 Dark Chin. Forked Horns. Distant Sitting one with White Horns. 

 Fawn. Paws the Ground, making parallel or diverging indentations. 



r, Tl:is agrees substantially with the Osage custom. 



