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entire brown edge of the strips. On the back, the scalp locks, are formed only along the shoulder
entire lower edge of the stripes. On the back the scalp locks are found only along the shoulder stripe. The lower half of the shirt is colored green. This shirt is slipped over the head the arms thrust through the sleeves and it is on, it is a less fitting garment as it is not belted at all and is run over the leggins and belt sustaining them. The leggins are thirty one and a half inches long, wide at the upper edge, and brought down like a leg of a pair of trousers. at the bottom (unclear) is fringed with buckskin, and (mounted?)  with beads. Along the outer edge of the leg is a narrow strip of quill work of the same colors as the quills upon the shirt, but surrounded with a border of beads of blue, yellow and red. This leggin is made by folding over a piece of skin and sewing it along the edges, which above the knees is (unclear) into flaps, and cut into a fringe. below this fringe of buckskin is an (missing word?) of scalp locks secured to a piece of buckskin by being (unclear) with sinew, and this is then (unclear) with a (unclear) of white porcupine quills. In the (illustration?) we have not attempted to put the scalp locks as close together as they were on the original to avoid crowding. The lower part of the leg is worked with (unclear), and (unclear) (band?) of black. In every instance the quill work with the beads is on a separate piece of buckskin and sewed to the shirt or leggins. The belt is a strip of buckskin about one and a half inches wide and thirty six inches long the ends are finished by tabs of buckskin and ornamented with beads. this belt was worn to retain the leggins, the long end of the leggin now passed through the belt and (unclear) the other (unclear) and when drawn as sufficiently far was tied. "Spotted Tail" as a man was well built of large frame, and at all times a friend of the white men. The head chief of the Brulé Dakotans, he was annoyed in 1867 by a band of his people deserting to join the Cheyenne, who were at that time at bitter war with the United States. about twenty lodges left one night, and the next morning he made after them and captured all, killing the prisoners and confiscating all their plunder; he was a chief of action and a general of the same stamp as "Chief Joseph" the Nes Perce. When "Spotted Tail" was about twenty years of age he was one day met by a chief who was jealous of him because the later (latter?) had made advances to a squaw whom the chief considered as his exclusively, and upon the demand being made on him to renounce her the lad drew his knife and a duel ensued in which the chief was killed, and Spotted Tail at once rose to the eminence of a chief, succeeding as is the custom the one he had vanquished. In 1876
stripe.The lower half of the shirt is colored brown. This shirt is slipped over the head the
arms thrust through the sleeves and it is on, it is a loose fitting garment as it is not
belted at all and is runs over the leggins and belt sustaining them.
 
The leggins are thirty one and a half inches long, wide at the upper edge and [[?]]
down like a leg of a pair of trousers, at the bottom which is fringed with buckskin, and  
ornamented with leather. Along the outer edge of the leg is a narrow strip of quill [[nubs?]] of the  
same colors as the quills upon the shirt, but surrounded with a border of beads of blue, yellow,
and red. The leggin is made by folding over a piece of skin and sewing it along the edges, which
above the knees, is [[?]] into flaps, and cut into a fringe, below the fringe of buckskin
is one of scalp locks, secured to a piece of buckskin [[crossed out - and then]] by being [[wipped?]] with sinew, and
this is then [[?]] with a massing of white porcupine quills. In the illustrations we have not attempted  
to put the scalp locks as clustered together as they were on the original to avoid crowding.
The lower part of the leg is [[?]] with broad, and narrow band of black. In every instance
the quill meets with the beads is on a separate piece of buckskin and sewed to the  
shirt or leggins.
 
The belt, is a strip of buckskin about one and a half inches and thirty six inches long
the ends are finished by tabs of buckskin, and ornamented with beads. this belt was run to  
retain the leggins, the long ends of each of the leggin were passed through the belt, and [[?]] the
other without and when drawn as sufficiently for use tied. [[crossed out words]]
[[crossed out words]]. "Spotted Tail" as a man was well built of large frame and at all times a  
friend of the white man. As head chief of the Brule' Dakotans he was annoyed in 1867
by a band of his people deserting to join the Cheyenne, who were at that time at bitter
war with the United States, about twenty lodges left night, and the next morning he
[[?]] after them and captured all. killing the prisoners and confiscating all their plunder he
was a chief of action and a general, of the same stamp as "Chief Joseph"the nez Perce. When  
"Spotted Tail." was about twenty years of age he was one day met by a chief who was jealous
of [[crossed out - Spotted Tail]] [[inserted - him]] because the later has made advances to a squaw whom the chief considered
as his exclusively, and afore the demand being made, on him to renounce her the lad drew his
knife and a duel ensued in which the chief was killed, and Spotted Tail at once rose to  
the eminence of a chief, succeeding as is the custom the one he had vanquished.

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entire lower edge of the stripes. On the back the scalp locks are found only along the shoulder stripe. The lower half of the shirt is colored green. This shirt is slipped over the head the arms thrust through the sleeves and it is on, it is a less fitting garment as it is not belted at all and is run over the leggins and belt sustaining them. The leggins are thirty one and a half inches long, wide at the upper edge, and brought down like a leg of a pair of trousers. at the bottom (unclear) is fringed with buckskin, and (mounted?) with beads. Along the outer edge of the leg is a narrow strip of quill work of the same colors as the quills upon the shirt, but surrounded with a border of beads of blue, yellow and red. This leggin is made by folding over a piece of skin and sewing it along the edges, which above the knees is (unclear) into flaps, and cut into a fringe. below this fringe of buckskin is an (missing word?) of scalp locks secured to a piece of buckskin by being (unclear) with sinew, and this is then (unclear) with a (unclear) of white porcupine quills. In the (illustration?) we have not attempted to put the scalp locks as close together as they were on the original to avoid crowding. The lower part of the leg is worked with (unclear), and (unclear) (band?) of black. In every instance the quill work with the beads is on a separate piece of buckskin and sewed to the shirt or leggins. The belt is a strip of buckskin about one and a half inches wide and thirty six inches long the ends are finished by tabs of buckskin and ornamented with beads. this belt was worn to retain the leggins, the long end of the leggin now passed through the belt and (unclear) the other (unclear) and when drawn as sufficiently far was tied. "Spotted Tail" as a man was well built of large frame, and at all times a friend of the white men. The head chief of the Brulé Dakotans, he was annoyed in 1867 by a band of his people deserting to join the Cheyenne, who were at that time at bitter war with the United States. about twenty lodges left one night, and the next morning he made after them and captured all, killing the prisoners and confiscating all their plunder; he was a chief of action and a general of the same stamp as "Chief Joseph" the Nes Perce. When "Spotted Tail" was about twenty years of age he was one day met by a chief who was jealous of him because the later (latter?) had made advances to a squaw whom the chief considered as his exclusively, and upon the demand being made on him to renounce her the lad drew his knife and a duel ensued in which the chief was killed, and Spotted Tail at once rose to the eminence of a chief, succeeding as is the custom the one he had vanquished. In 1876