1902.] 



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deer viewed from the front. On the other side of the handle 

 is a similarly carved figure of an antelope. The lines repre- 

 senting the flanks of the "two animals are run 

 into each other along the two sides of the 

 handle. Buffalo-hides are also softened by- 

 being drawn over a rope, twisted of sinew, 

 about one-third of an inch thick. 



The Arapaho say that formerly the men 

 parted their hair on each side; while in the 

 middle, over the forehead, they left it standing 

 upright. Over the temples it was cut into a 

 zigzag edge. In front of the ears, the hair 

 fell down; it was either braided or tied to- 

 gether. The hair was worn upright over the 

 forehead in order to make the wearer look 

 fierce. When the Arapaho adopted the pres- 

 ent style of wearing the hair (braids or 

 masses tied together over the ears, and the 

 scalp-lock in the middle of the back of the 

 head), the Crees, Shoshone, and other tribes 

 adopted their old style. Some formerly tied 

 all their hair together in a bunch at the 

 back of the head. Very old men did not 

 comb their hair; they rolled it, and, when it 

 was sticky and matted, gathered it into a 

 bunch over the forehead. "Our father di- 

 rected that old men should do this," they 

 said. Among the Gros Ventres, the keepers 

 of the sacred pipes were not allowed to comb 

 or cut their hair. 



For women the old way was to wear the 

 hair loose, with paint upon it. They painted 

 streaks down their faces, on cheeks, forehead, 

 and nose. This signified war. Old women 

 wore their hair loose and generally tangled. pj^ ^ (^^^^ g^in 

 They painted a spot on each cheek-bone, and ^^^^"- ^""eth, 39 

 one on the forehead. A spot between the 

 eyes signified a buffalo calf, and a line from the mouth down 



