Note 180 — Chapter V · DAKOTA AND ASSINIBOIN CULTS. (continued 2)

Rept. Peabody Museum, vol. III, p. 264. Note how in the sun dance the sun, the four winds, and the buffalo are referred to (§§ 147, 164, 167, 173, and 181, and Pl. XLVIII), and ceremonies are performed connected with the earth, such as mellowing the earth (§§ 146, 155, and 176) and the “Uuȼita,” in which they shoot into the ground (§ 170).