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Dakota (Sioux) Quiver. owned by "Spotted Tail." Wyman Coll. (Haupt. del.)

length. 29¼ inches diameter at top. 6½ "

   "    at bottom      2¼         "

length of tail. 27½ "

  "      " loops.     40.           "

The Dakota carries the arrows in a quiver. made of the skin of an animal. In the specimen taken for our drawing the skin is that of a Mountain Lion. "Felix concolor". and it was owned by "Spotted Tail" the Dakota chief referred to. The quiver is conical. a piece of the skin is cut in a triangular shape about thirty inches long and sewed together along the edge using as thread the sinews. in the folds or edges of skin. a stick of wood is fastened extending from top to bottom to give the quiver rigidity. At the lower end a piece of thick buckskin is puckered up and sewed in the end. At the line of union of the two edges of the skin forming the quiver are secured the straps holding the quiver there are two fo them made of strips of the skin and intended one to pass over one shoulder the other over the other. To hand the quiver to the saddle pummel as is sometimes done on the war sadelle [sic] a lip of twisted buckskin is fastened to the upper end of the quiver. at the point where the lip or shoulder strap is attached. About the rim of the quiver is a strip of red blanket and beads. of a blue and white color. The tail of the [?] is attached to the rim as an ornament and was originally lined on the flesh side with red. blanket ornamented with diagonal bands of dark blue and white beads. only a few of the beads are left however. rest are [?worn?] off The quiver was deep enough to hold the bow as well as the arrows. The number of arrows of course varied. seldom more than seven or eight. it is likely that on the great hunts. the quiver may have been full. of them. but as they were easily lost.. a less number is usually found. The indian is early taught to use the bow and very few arrows are wasted. When the string twangs the arrow enters the mark. This is not true however with the gun or rifle with this the indian