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of a wild loway Indian west of the Mississippi. Possibly it was 

 duiinp; the French and Indian War, when numy loways were drafted 

 for the forces of France to fight the Englisii and their Colonials. 



From the Winnebago Indians was obtained a war bundle that 

 once belonged to their chief, Big Fire. It was given him by the 

 buffalo in a vision, so it is said, and it contains an amulet or armband 

 made of a buffalo tail (figure 71). This armband was ornamented by 



Fig. 72. — Witch's nuHliciiio l);uul()li(M-. \Viiiiu4mgo. Cat. 

 No. 31S7G. Lons>;th as folded ul)out 24 inches. 



splitting the leather of the upper part of the tail into long strips 

 which were wrapped with split and dyed bird quills instead of the 

 usual^porcupine quillwork, a much rarer technic than the latter, and 

 seldom found. The quills are dyed red, yellow, and black, and are 

 held together by sinew thread along the lines of the cuts in the leather. 



