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233 he is wearing mourning and he is intent upon killing [?same?] and to assuage the death of his relation or as they express it to "satisfy the spirit of the dead." and the manner is by custom prevented from wiping off the black till he has taken the blood of an enemy to appease the spirit of the dead: By many it was not understood that the one killed must to the party who did the killing. for it frequently happened that the death was by disease. any person whom the avenger might meet was the enemy in that case. The Ojibway have a ceremony in their "Big Dance." for wiping off the Black that will be described in the proper place. They formerly resorted to the killing of their enemy to satisfy the spirit. and usually were [?] careful to visit retribution on the aggressor. even if it took years to come in contact with him. The more brilliant the color the better it was suited to the task of the indian. In early days the red was the "Slime that comes up from the streams." The deposit in other words of iron from [?iron?] springs was collected and heated and used as a red paint. it is the "red oxide of Iron." The blue among the Dakota was the "blue earth." found in Southern Minnesota on the Blue [?] River. in the county of the same name. the banks are of a blue color this earth the Dakota used to paint themselves with. The Ojibway use the rotten wood which is found in the forest. The Phosphate of Iron in the decaying wood imparts to it a green and at times blue color. and this was used as a pigment. Black is made on "The [?] [?]" explained by "boiling the slime from a "Grind Stone" with oak leaves and branches." litterally [sic] this is ink. The yellow is the ochre they find in certain places Of these aboriginal colors the only one now in use is the "black" this is still employed by the Ojibway. to color the reeds for the "Anakan" "mat." The more brilliant analine dyes of the white man are the colors resorted to by the indian. These they carry so far as the Dakota or [?] in ornamented bags of powder. The Ojibway wrap them in a rag and tack them away any where. the first specimen of Dakota Paint bag is from the Lower Brulé Agency. in S. Dakota it is made of buckskin finely dressed. and ornamented with beads the ground is of yellow beads. with points and triangles of dark blue. in the middle of each triangle is a line of light blue beads. The fringe at the bottom is of buckskin smeared with yellow pigment The buckskin thong that ties the mouth shut is ornamented with a tassle of buckskin wrapped with porcupine quills dyed red. purple. and yellow. and finished with tin cones carrying red hair. The second specimen is one made by "Little Eagle." a son of "White Eagle" one of the leaders in the "Custer Massacre." This "Little Eagle" at the time he made this specimen was ten years of age. It is from "Camp Poplar River," Montana. and obtained May 9th 1887. The leg is long and narrow It came to me as a "paint bag" but from the style and proportions