244 CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA (eth ann.17 



eagle ([uills, with tbo (mill part lengthened out nearly a foot by inserting a stick 

 into it and securing it there. These were held in a spread form by means of a 

 willow rod or wire bent in a circular form ; above this was a mass of feathers, con- 

 cealing an image, on each side of which were several shields highly decorated with 

 feathers and paint. Various other jiaraphernalia of heathen worshij) were sus- 

 pended in the screen, among these shields or over them, impossible for lue to 

 describe so as to be comprehended. A mound bad also been thrown up around the 

 central post of the building, 2 feet high and perhajis 5 feet in diameter. 



