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large figure near the bottom is a mountain, with a tree on its 

 summit; below it are four small red and blue rectangles 

 which denote little streams flowing from a spring near the 

 foot of the mountain. This spring is represented by a green 

 square in the large triangle. 



In Fig. 24, c, the rectangle of beadwork on the front of the 

 pouch represents the earth or the world.' The white denotes 

 snow; and the red and blue triangles, rocks. The stripe on 

 the flap is continued around the edge of the back of the pouch. 

 It represents an ant-hill. The small squares on it represent 

 dirt. The tin cylinders are ants. Stripes at the two sides of 

 the pouch are ant-paths. 



The signification of the design on the belt-pouch shown in 

 Fig. I of Plate xiv is the following. The six triangles all rep- 

 resent tents. The lines enclosing the trapezoidal area within 

 which these triangles are, represent trails. In the two stripes 

 immediately above this area, stars are represented both by 

 red rectangles crossed by a green line, and by green crosses 

 on a red field. The white zigzag line on the flap of the 

 pouch is a snake ; the beaded stripes along the seams denote 

 rivers. 



Sometimes these small bags are made to hold the cards or 

 tickets which entitle the bearer to the rations issued by the 

 government. When this is the purpose of the bag, the flap 

 or cover is sometimes left off. Such a pouch is shown in 

 Fig. 2, Plate xiv. All the figures are geographical represen- 

 tations. The pink border is a large river, the triangles are 

 islands in it. The green area within this represents the earth. 

 Two large' red A-shaped marks represent a stream, called by 

 the Arapaho Fox-Tent Creek. The two rectangles represent 

 mountains, called by the Arapaho House Mountains. The 

 short yellow stripe connecting these represents Yellow Canyon. 

 All these natural features are said to be situated to the north 

 or northeast of the present location of the tribe in central 

 Wyoming. Such representation of actual specific moun- 

 tains, valleys, and rivers, is uncommon, though this case 

 is not unique. It will be noted that the ornamentation is 



' The same word means "world," "earth," "land," "ground," "soil." 



