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she wet the end of the bone with saliva. When she had 

 drawn the lines, she raised her right arm. I took the robe 

 and four times I made a motion as if to give it to her; the 

 fifth time I gave it to her, putting it under her arm. Then 

 Yellow- Woman held out her hands, and I spit medicine on 

 them four times. Then I laid on her hands four quills tied 

 together, one each being red, yellow, white, and black; and 

 with them I gave her sinew (thread) and needles. Yellow- 

 Woman passed the quills between her lips, and then held them 

 in her mouth. Then she began to embroider one line, begin- 

 ning nearest the head of the skin. I watched her and gave 

 her directions. When she had completely embroidered this 

 line, she stopped. After this, one line was embroidered a 

 day. It took a month to complete the robe. A line of em- 

 broidery must not be left unfinished over night. When the 

 robe was completed, Yellow-Woman notified me. She in- 

 vited me to come the next day to eat. The next day there 

 was a feast like that given when the robe was begun. The 

 robe was set up again to resemble a buffalo, and after being 

 perfumed with incense, was touched as if to make it rise. 

 Then it was spread out and five feathers laid upon it, — one 

 at each corner and one in the centre. Then the women sewed 

 the feathers in those places. Then Yellow-Woman an- 

 nounced the man for whom she had made the robe, and he 

 was sent for. He was Bird-in-Tree. He came in, and sat 

 down in front of me, looking toward the door. Yellow- 

 Woman spit on the blanket four times, moved it toward him 

 several times, then gave it to him. Then both he and the 

 robe were perfumed with incense. Then he gave Yellow- 

 Woman his best horse ; she kissed him for it. Then he went 

 out with his new robe." 



This robe made by Yellow- Woman had twenty lines of 

 quill-work. The lowest three, as already described, were 

 close together and somewhat separate from the rest. The 

 lines represented buffalo-paths. The greater part of each of 

 these lines was yellow. On each were three red marks, 

 each of these red lengths being bordered by a shorter white 

 portion, and each of these again being bounded on both sides 



