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around the edge of the moccasin are a ring of stars, probably 

 the constellation Corona. 



Another legging worn by a little girl is shown in Fig. i of 

 Plate V. The moccasin has been removed. The design 

 appears twice, once on the vertical band, and again on the 

 horizontal band extending around the ankle. The two rows 

 of small triangles represent ranges of hills. The red stripe 

 along the middle of the white band of beads represents ground. 

 Two green squares in this are springs. Four blue lines issu- 

 ing from each of these squares are streams flowing from the 

 springs. A small yellow bar bisecting the red stripe is a 

 river ; its dark-blue border is timber along its course. A row 

 of green and blue beads along the edges of the legging repre- 

 sents game of various kinds. 



Fig. 2 of Plate v shows another girl's legging and moc- 

 casin. The three diamonds in the centre of the figure that is 

 on the side of the legging are the life-symbols. Above and 

 below the three diamonds are figures, each consisting of 

 two dark-blue right-angled triangles. These represent deer- 

 tracks. Two similar figures, wider and green in color, touch 

 the middle one of the three diamonds; they represent elk- 

 tracks. This whole design is repeated on the opposite side 

 of the legging. At the back, also invisible in the illustration, 

 is a long red line crossed by nine short lines ; this represents 

 a centipede. Along the front of the legging the triangiilar 

 designs are tents; and the red rectangles, life-symbols. The 

 tin rattles are attached to the legging in order that by their 

 noise they may frighten away insects or snakes that would 

 bite the child wearing the legging. On the lower border. of 

 the moccasin are rectangles of red and green beads. These 

 are again life-symbols. This symbol thus has three different 

 forms on one object. Dark-blue triangles, two of which are 

 near each of the life-symbols last mentioned, represent the 

 designs, largely composed of triangles, with which rawhide 

 bags and parfieches are painted. The red lines of quill-work 

 extending across the toe of the moccasin represent the 

 paths of children. 



Embroidered portions of girls' and women's leggings are 

 \May, igoz.'X ^ 



