MALLERY.] THE SUPERNATURAL. 465 
Fig. 647.—Kangi-waka", Sacred-Crow. The 
Oglala Roster. The lines above the bird’s head 
signify sacred, mystic, sometimes termed ‘ medi- 
cine,” as above. 
Fig. 648.—White-Elk. Red-Cloud’s Census. 
This is an albino elk which partakes in sacred- 
ness with the albino buffalo. The elk was an 
important article of food, though not so much a 
reliance as the buffalo, and the practices relating 
to the latter would naturally, and in fact did, 
measurably, apply to the former. 
Fig. 649.—The Dakotas had all the mini waka” 
(Spirit water, or whisky) they could drink. Ameri- 
can-Horse’s Winter Count, 182122. A barrel with 
a waved or spiral line running from it represents 
the whisky, the waved line signifying waka", or 
spirit, in the double sense of the English word. Fic. 649. 
Fig. 650.—Cloud-Bear, a Dakota, killed a Da- 
kota, who was a long distance off, by throwing a if 
bullet from his hand and striking him in the 
heart. American-Horse’s Winter Count, 182425. 
The spiral line is used for waka". 
10 ETH 30 Fia. 650. 
