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dle device is for the governor and the right and left for the officers next 
in rank to him. The devices at the roots of the trees of the drawing 
before mentioned are noticeably similar. They may have been made, 
as were most of the other characters on the Kejimkoojik rocks, by the 
Miemaces, in which case it would seem that they designated their chiefs 
by emblems similar to those used by their congeners of the Passama- 
quoddy tribe or some member of the last named tribe may have drawn 
the emblem on the rocks in the Miemae territory. In any case there is 
encouragement in the attempt to decipher petroglyphs from the fact that 
the tree drawing in Nova Scotia, which seemed without significance, 
was readily elucidated by a metal inscription found in Maine, the inter- 
pretation being verified through living Indians, not only in the two 
geographic divisions mentioned, but also by the Amalecites in New 
Brunswick. : 
Father P. J. De Smet ()), referring to the Piegan and Blackfeet or 
Satsika, describes the great Tail-Bearer: 
His tail, composed of buffalo and horse hair, is about 7 or 8 feet long, and instead 
of wearing it behind, according to the usual fashion, it is fastened above his forehead 
Fic. 553.—Chilkat ceremonial cloak. 
and there formed into a spiral coil resembling a rhinoceros’s horn. Such a tail among 
the Blackfeet is a mark of greater distinction and bravery—in all probability the 
larger the tail the braver the person. 
The following description of a Chilkat ceremonial shirt, with the 
illustration reproduced in Fig. 552, is taken from Niblack (ec): 
The upper character in the figure represents the sea lion, and that, 
below is a rear view of the same shirt ornamented with a design of 
wasko, a mythological animal of the wolf species. The edges and arm 
holes are bordered with red cloth and the whole garment is neatly 
made. 
The same authority deseribes a Chilkat cloak, with the illustration 
reproduced as Fig. 553, as follows: 
It represents a cloak with a neck opening, ornamented in red cloth 
with the totemic design of the Orea or Killer. It is in the form of a 
truncated cone, with no openings for the arms. 
