ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATEXLIV. Siouan tents (A, tent of Ԁejequta; B, tent of Mazi-jiñga (man in the sun); C, tent of Heqaga; D, tent of Kaxe-ȼaⁿba’s father; E, tent of Hupeȼa, and Agaha-wacuce)361

XLV.Camping circle at the time of the sun dance454

XLVI. The dancing lodge458

XLVII.Scarification of candidates (1, Okáska nażin; 2, Ptepa kin waći)460

XLVIII.The sun dance462

XLIX.A suspended devotee464

L.The double woman480

FIG.156.George Miller’s personal mystery decoration394

157.A variant of Fig. 156394

158.Robe of Wanukige395

159.Tent of Wanukige396

160.Robe of Ȼaqube396

161.Robe of Ԁahe-ʇap‘ĕ397

162.Generic decoration referring to night, etc.397

163.Tent of Aⁿpaⁿ-ska, Sr.398

164.Robe of Aⁿpaⁿ-ska, Sr.399

165.Tent of Mazi-jiñga (ghost vision)399

166.A tent of Nikuȼibȼaⁿ399

167.Another tent of Nikuȼibȼaⁿ399

168.Blanket of Cuʞa maⁿȼiⁿ400

169.Tent of ┴esaⁿ; vision of a cedar401

170.Tent of ┴esaⁿ; sun and rainbow vision401

171.Cornstalk decoration of the tents of Fire Chief and Waqaga 402

172.Robe of Ni-ȼactage403

173.Duba-maⁿȼiⁿ’s father’s tent403

174.Maⁿtcu-naⁿba’s tent403

175.Wackaⁿhi’s tent404

176.Tent of an unknown Omaha404

177.Tent of ┴ebi‘a405

178.Tent of a Kansa who had an eagle vision405

179.Kansa decorated tent406

180.Kansa decorated tent406

181.Maⁿze-guhe’s robe406

182.Maⁿze-guhe’s tent407

183.Duba-maⁿȼiⁿ’s father’s blanket407

184.Iñke-sabĕ tent decoration408

185.Iñke-sabĕ tent decoration409

186.Waqaga’s robe409

187.Sacred tent in which the pole was kept413

188.Bear Butte, South Dakota449

FIG.189.The “u-ma-ne” symbol451

190.Eagle-wing flute 455

191.The tent of preparation and the dancing lodge459

192.The ghost lodge487

193.The Ȼatada gentile circle523

194.The four elements, etc.523

195.Kansa order of invoking winds, etc.525

196.Tsiɔu (Osage) order of placing the four sticks, etc.525

197.Paⁿɥka (Osage) order of placing the four sticks, etc.526

198.Kaⁿ[s]e (Osage) order of circumambulation526

199.Showing how the Osage prepared the scalp for the dance526

200.Omaha lightnings and the four quarters527

Bureau of Ethnology. Eleventh Annual Report. Plate XLIV

GAST LITH. CO.

SIOUAN TENTS.

A STUDY OF SIOUAN CULTS.

BY JAMES OWEN DORSEY.