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it is chewed and rubbed over the body it makes all the ani- mals in the bundle come to life, and hypnotizes the enemy.
“Ma' no wa“, or Angelica root, is another powerful one. It holds them spellbound. This is chewed and rubbed on the body the same way.
“ Me ci ne' bi tho n‘, or calamus, is good for stopping blood; this is chewed too.
“ Wa bee ki a gi me teg w ‘, or ‘white wood,’ is used to harden one’s self so as to be strong as a tree.
“Ci ka' wi, or ‘widow medicine.’ Round, hard, looks like ‘black root,’ only a little larger. Eaten to protect the war- rior against his companion’s medicine. It must be taken if ma' no wa u is used.
“Pak^wuk , , a round rough root, used to cure wounded men, by chewing up and blowing the resulting pulp on the wound.
“ Mi thuk i puk w , long thin black roots. A plaster is made of these roots and put on the wound.”
The first of these bundles was:
Bundle 2/6371.
Size closed, 19" x 7|". Double cover of buckskin, two buckskin ties, beneath them a cane war whistle.
Contents. — Fawn skin cover, containing:
Two buffalo tail amulets looped for attachment to the belt.
Three arm bands made of the hide and hair of a buf- falo’s forelegs (PI. XXXIV, E).
Amulet for the scalp lock composed of a piece of buffalo mane, with skin still attached, to which are fastened eagle down feathers dyed red, a packet of medicine and a wrapping strip of red cloth.
Another scalp lock amulet, comprising a long lock of buf- falo hair, a fine piece of downy young swan’s skin about 14" long, a black-tipped eagle feather, some eagle down feathers dyed red, a strip of red ribbon and two packets of medicine.
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A splinter of wood wrapped in colored porcupine quills and tipped with tufts of hair dyed red is said to have been once attached to the eagle feather as an ornament (PI. XXXI, E).
The remains of a hawk skin with two similar quilled strips of wood tied to the wings. This amulet, it is said, was slung from the neck and not worn on the head.
In another fawn skin, the head of which was filled with down dyed red, was a woven necklace of native manufacture (PI. XXXIII, D), a band nearly 1|" wide and about 27" long, which seems to be woven wholly, or at least mainly, of buf- falo wool yam. The color is deep red with occasional rather irregular spots of yellow, evidently dyed after the fabric had been woven. This is frequently seen in the old buffalo wool fabrics. Apparently, the finished fabric was either first dyed yellow or left its natural yellowish color, then certain areas were covered with some substance, perhaps of a waxy or gummy nature, that was proof against the dye, then the whole object was immersed in the red dye. After dyeing, the waxy material could be removed, leaving certain spots untouched by the color. Or it may be possible, that the fabric was first dyed red all over, and then some bleaching material applied to certain spots. Or the color may have been daubed on where wanted and allowed to soak through. Additional decora- tion was supplied in this specimen by large white beads, inter- woven in double rows running diagonally across the band, each pair about £" from the next. At irregular intervals are tied seven little packets of medicine, one of magic paint and seven little bundles of exposed roots. These little packets and bundles are supposed to contain all the different kinds of herbs, roots and the like used in the war bundle.
The articles loose in the bundle were:
Deer hoof rattle, apparently very old, 16" long (PI. XXIX, A) . The handle is a slender stick, the lower four inches of which are bare. The remainder is covered with buckskin to which the deer hoof-sheaths are attached, each on a separate string.
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