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upon whom the governing body called for police service. 

 In addition to these specific parallels, we find that all 

 tribes using the camp circle, or organized camp, when 

 hunting buffalo, also appointed police who executed 

 orders in a similar manner. Among the tribes having 

 soldier societies we again find certain marked simi- 

 larities in the current names for these organizations 

 as shown in the following partial list, compiled by Dr. 

 E. H. Lowie: — 













Gros 



Mandan 



Hidatsa 



Arikara 



Piegan 



Arapaho 



Ventre 



— 



Kit-foxes 



Foxes 



Kit-foxes 



Kit-foxes 



Kit- 

 foxes 



— 



— 



— 



Mosquitoes 



— 



Flies 



Ravens 



Ravens 



Crows 



Ravens 



— 



— 



Half-Shorn 



Half-Shorn 



— 



— 



— 



— 



Heads 



Heads 











Foolish Dogs 



Crazy Dogs 



Mad Dogs 



Crazy Dogs 



Crazy 

 Lodge 



Crazy 



Lodge 



Dogs (?) 



Small Dogs 



Young Dogs 



— 



— 



— 



Old Dogs 



Dogs 



Big Young 

 Dogs (?) 



Dogs 



Dogs 



Dogs 



Soldiers 



Enemies 



Soldiers < 



Braves (?) 

 Soldiers (?) 



— 



— 



Buffaloes 



Bulls 



Mad Bulls 



Bulls 



— 



— 



It will be noted that a mad or foolish society is found 

 in each of the six tribes as is also a dog society, while 

 the kit-fox and the raven are common to a number. 

 Investigations of these organizations have shown that 

 though those bearing similar names are not exact dupli- 

 cates, they nevertheless have many fundamental ele- 

 ments in common. 



The most probable explanation of this correspon- 

 dence in name and element is that each distinct society 

 had a common origin, or that the bulls, for example, 



