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stripe around the ankle represents biisa", any snake or worm. 

 Separate parts of this stripe have other additional significa- 

 tions. The forward portion is yellow, and denotes sunlight. 

 Black squares are again rabbit-tracks. Five red squares in 

 quincunx on a white ground are a turtle. The posterior por- 

 tion of the stripe is green, and denotes the earth. 



Three children's moccasins are shown in the first three fig- 

 ures of Plate III. 



In Fig. I, Plate in, the two lateral convexly triangular areas 

 on the front of the moccasin are green, and represent horse- 

 ears. It may be noted that analogous areas on other moccasins 

 represent buffalo-horns, lakes, and fish. The figure between 

 these two green areas represents a lizard. The head is sup- 

 posed to be at the toe. Two blue slanting lines are legs. 

 White and yellow spots on the red body are the markings of 

 the animal. Below the ankle, a red stripe with two blue diag- 

 onal lines represents a butterfly. 



Fig. 2 of Plate in shows a moccasin which is beaded around 

 the edges, but has its front surface traversed by a number of 

 quilled lines (c/. Fig. 5, a). The white bead work repre- 

 sents the ground. Green zigzag lines upon it are snakes. 

 The quilled lines represent sweat-house poles. These lines 

 are red, blue, and yellow, and the colors represent stones of 

 different colors, used for producing steam in the sweat-house. 

 At the heel of the moccasin, which is not shown in the figure, 

 are two small green squares. These represent the blankets 

 with which the sweat-house is covered. 



The design of a snake was embroidered on this moccasin 

 in order that the child wearing it might not be bitten by 

 snakes. The symbols referring to the sweat-house were em- 

 broidered on the moccasin in order that the child might grow 

 to the age at which the sweat-house is principally used; 

 namely, old age. 



The moccasin shown in Fig. 3, Plate in, bears a design sim- 

 ilar to several that have been described. All the stripes 

 represent paths. 



Fig. 4 of Plate in shows an unusually large moccasin. The 

 two large convex, triangular areas on the front are barred 



