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shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, of Plate v. In Fig. 3 the triangles 

 represent arrow-points. Those that have three small dark 

 triangles at their base also represent tents. The cross is the 

 morning star. The line with which it is in contact is a path. At 

 the back of the legging, invisible in the illustration, is a figure 

 of a buffalo-leg, symmetrically duplicated; the hoof of this re- 

 sembles the deer- track design on the legging last described. 



In Fig. 4, Plate v, the triangles denote tents. Between 

 the two triangles on the side of the legging, whose points are 

 directed toward each other, are two figures which coalesce in 

 the middle. These figures represent the ha'tcaciihi teihiiha", 

 a powerful dwarf cannibal people several times mentioned in 

 Arapaho myths. The tents are supposed to belong to them. 

 The blue bar at the base of the wide vertical stripe of em- 

 broidery indicates the range or limit of habitation of the 

 dwarfs. The dark Y-shaped marks are horse-tracks; they 

 imply (in this connection) human beings (as opposed to 

 monstrous or supernatural people). At the back of the leg- 

 ging there is a vertical row of these horse-tracks. The green 

 beads at the edges of this legging represent vegetation. 



In Fig. 5 of Plate v the yellow and green right-angled tri- 

 angles, each with a small square of the opposite color at the 

 base, represent tents. The white stripe dividing them is a 

 path. Between the figures of tents, a green and a yellow 

 isosceles triangle are each a cactus-plant. The projections 

 arising from them represent the cactus-spines. On one of the 

 figures these projections are red, and therefore represent also 

 the red edible fruit of the cactus. This whole design is re- 

 peated on the opposite side of the legging. At the back of 

 the legging is a vertical row of seventeen (green and red) 

 isosceles triangles, the base of one resting upon the point of 

 the next lower one. These represent ant-hills. They are not 

 shown in the illustration. Along the front of the legging the 

 flat triangles represent brush-shelters. The small upright 

 marks at the ends of each figure are the tent-pegs at the sides 

 of the shelter.' The rows of beads along the edges of the leg- 

 ging represent animals or variety of game. 



' The brush-shelter is often partially covered with canvas. Formerly hides were 

 used for this purpose. This cover may be pegged down like a tent. 



