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pole laid across it at the opposite end of which a goddess stands - The Sioux tattoo their bodies with various figures & these are their passports to the region of happiness beyond the river - If they have been good men & can show these marks, they are permitted to pass. If not the goddess shakes the pole & they fall into the water - Little children who have not been tattooed show the unclear: veins? on their hands & feet - Beyond the river are fine hunting grounds & the underlined_perfection_ of all the pleasures which they enjoyed in this life-- They suppose this region to be some place on Earth, far to the South -- The milky-way is called the road of spirits --