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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 70 



shield songs. A complete series of miniature models of the shields 

 and tipis concerned, prepared by the best artists of the two tribes 

 under dictation of the former owners or their representatives, forms 

 an interesting" Museum exhibit in connection with a report now in 

 preparation which will contain all the information now in hand, 

 including an indefinite number of tabu regulations, and a number of 

 shield songs in keeping of individuals. 





Fig. 112. — The Cow-shield (inside cover) formerly carried by Tsen- 

 tainti, " White Horse," Kiowa raider, with cow-horn headdress, bridle, 

 pendant and pouch. 



The Peyote study involves some 20 distinct tribes in Oklahoma, 

 as well as others in various Western States, together with the majority 

 of the tribes of the upland regions and central ^Mexico as far south 

 as the City of Mexico. 



The peyote is a small cactus which is used medicinally for the 

 relief of various ailments and sacramentally in connection with a 



