538 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
In this connection Fig, 762 is properly inserted. It is a sketch made 
by an Ojibwa hunter to illustrate the manner of catching eagles, the 
feathers of which are highly prized by nearly all 
Indians for personal decoration and for war bon- 
J\\ la nets. 
I™| aR 9 The upper character represents an eagle; the 
f curved line at the right denotes the covering of 
x branches and leaves of a temporary structure 
Ww6. 762. Fagle hanting: placed over a hole in the ground in which the 
Ojibwa. Indian is secreted. He is depicted beneath the 
covering, while a line, extending toward the eagle, terminates in a 
small oblong object, which is intended to represent the bait placed 
upon the covering to attract the eagle. The bait may consist of a 
young deer, a hare, or some other live animal of sufficient size to 
attract the eagle. When the latter swoops down and seizes the prey 
he is caught by the leg and held until assistants arrive, after which he 
is carried back to camp and plucked and is then liberated. 
Fig. 763.—A Ree womanis killed by a Dakota while 
gathering pomme-blanche. The-Flame’s Winter Count, . 
1797-98. Pomme-blanche, or navet de prairie, is a 
white root, somewhat similar in appearance to a white 
turnip, botanically Psoralea esculenta (Nuttal) some- 
times P.argophylla. It is a favorite tood of the Indi- 
ans, eaten boiled down to a sort of mush or hominy. 
Fig. 763.—Gathering A forked stick is used in gathering these roots. 
pomme-blanche. = 
Fig. 764.—Lodge-Roll. Red-Cloud’s Census, No. 101. This figure 
shows the mode of rolling up the skins forming the 
tipi for transportation. It is attached to four lodge 
poles, the ends of which trail on the ground and con- 
Fic. 764.—Moving tipi. stitute the “travail” which was dragged by dogs. 
Horses are now used for this purpose, and canvas takes the place of skins. 
Fig. 765.—An enemy came into Lone-Horn’s lodge during the medi- 
cine feast and was not killed. The-Swan’s Winter Count, 1852-53. 
The pipe is not in the man’s hand, and the head only 
is drawn with the pipe between it and the tipi. 
An interesting custom of the Indians connected 
Ne with the rite of sanctuary is that called by English 
tl writers ‘running the gauntlet.”.. When captives had 
Fic. 765.-Claimine Successfully run through a line of tormentors to a 
SECEDE post near the council-house they were for the time 
free from further molestation. In the northeastern tribes this was in 
the nature of an ordeal to test whether or not the captive was vigorous 
and brave enough to be adopted into the tribe, but among other tribes 
it appears in a different shape. Any enemy, whether a captive or not, 
could secure immunity from present danger if he could reach a central 
post, or if there were no post, the lodge or tipi of the chief. A similar 
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