M. R. HARRINGTON — SACRED BUNDLES OF THE SAC AND FOX INDIANS. 185

Amulet for scalp lock consisting of a bunch of buffalo hair, some eagle down feathers dyed red, and a bit of rattle- snake skin with rattle attached.
Four pieces of fawn skin covers for amulets.
Three jinglers, two of brass, one of copper.
Bundle 2/8561.
Size closed, 16" x 4f". Cover, buckskin; ties, fibre rope and cloth strips.
Contents. — Head band made of the split skin of a pileated woodpecker (PI. XXX, C), bearing two medicine packets.
Buffalo tail amulet, large, the proximal end bent over into a loop and fastened for attachment to the belt; has eleven packets of medicine (PI. XXXIV, F).
Buffalo tail amulet, small, thong for attachment.
Amulet for scalp lock consisting of a buffalo tail, to which has been tied a few eagle down feathers dyed red and two medicine packets.
Strip of basswood bark, coiled.
Cedar leaves and the terminal button of a snake rattle, wrapped together in a piece of calico.
Cane war whistle, four bits of root tied just above the air-hole, with thong for suspension from the neck (PI. XXIX, F).
All the buffalo amulets in this bundle were notably well preserved.
Resembling the preceding, except that buffalo amulets are absent, is the following bundle, obtained also from Albert Moore, who said it was the same kind as 2/5317, one of the two original Mecabe'kwa bundles:
Bundle 2/6508.
Size closed, 12j" x 4". Cover, buckskin; ties, buckskin, to which is attached the handle of an old gourd rattle.
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Contents. — Head band made of the split skin of an ivory - bill woodpecker, with a band of white beads and red yam about the neck, a faded green ribbon on the head, and three medicine packets attached.
Cane war whistle with ribbon for suspension.
Two packages of white mineral substance used as paint.
Two small packages magic red paint mixed with herbs, etc.
Two packages of herbs.
This was the smallest war bundle found by the Expedition among the Sac and Fox.
Two small bundles were obtained from Aveline Givens, a Sac and Fox, that bear a strong resemblance to the preceding series of bundles, except the last specimen described. They are:
Bundle 2/8448.
, Size closed, 16" x 4". Cover of buckskin, blackened and crackled by age and smoke; ties of buffalo hide, buckskin and cloth, beneath which a war whistle is thrust.
Contents. — Four buffalo tail amulets, three of them bent to form loops for the belt, one with a thong for attachment.
An unusually long strip of young swan’s down (22"), to one end of which was lashed a bunch of buffalo hair, a few eagle down feathers dyed red and two packets of medicine, the whole forming an amulet for the scalp lock which could, however, be worn around the neck if desired.
Two smaller amulets for the scalp lock, each composed of a bunch of buffalo hair, a few eagle down feathers dyed red and a packet of roots.
Woven necklace of blanket ravelings, in yellow and blue, edged with white beads. It bore seven packets of herbs and paints, three packets of roots and two exposed bits of root.
A cover of fawn skin, into which all the amulets had been packed.
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