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20 dipping the hand in a white pigment, and applying it to the body. the result of this adornment was truly hideous but the specimen as a man, was noble. In the south the Dakotas encounter more of the hard thorny shrubs consequently they use the leather, or skin leggins, more than do the northern tribes. The Yankton Dakota, is a good specimen of the southern indians. He carried the Winchester rifle, and belt of cartridges

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in other respects the dress is that of the wild indian. The arms and upper part of the trunk are nude the belt, apron and leggins cover the rest of the body and over his shoulder is thrown a blanket in which to wrap himself at night or when cold. The head dress of this man shows a peculiarity of the Dakotas, which is that they seldom carry two war eagles feathers erect. one is always, if ever at all erect. the other is loosely attached. It has been said that the war eagles feather was worn to denote the number of scalps taken by the wearer. This is not however exactly correct. The war eagles feather denotes a chief. to be a chief necessitates the taking of a scalp, and the endurance of great suffering and torture. These feathers are expensive, and few indians even though they may have taken a number of scalps, could afford to wear one for each scalp. The famous chief "Slotted tail" is reputed to have killed (539) five hundred and thirty nine indians and whites, [crossed out: and] he could hardly find room on his head for so many eagle feathers. "Gall," a noted chief wore but one. the same is true of the late Sitting Bull He carried usually one feather sometimes two. Of the chiefs and others engaged in the outbreak at Wounded Knee S. Dakota in 1890. Kicking Bear, the chief, and all the others carried but one erect feather.

[[crossed out: The adornment upon the person of these indians is about as meager as it is common to see them. they are usually decked out in plenty of indian finery, but it is easy to explain the poverty of their means. At their feasts it is the custom, when the spirit moves them to give away all they have and things to one another to another, and so on till the indian is naked then he feels that he is again in the condition the Great spirit made him. and he is happy. However this happy state does not last long, nor will his religious fervor prevent his stealing all the goods and chattels of a white man he can find, but he will not steal from his kind. When a ? is reduced to naught the lookers on immediately]]