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Show TOTEMIC. This is one of the most striking of the special uses to which pictography has been applied by the Korth American Indians. For convenience, the characters may be divided into: First, tribal5 Second, gentile; and Third, personal designations. TRIBAL DESIGNATIONS. A large number of these graphic distinctions are to be found in the Dakota Winter Counts. Rev. J. Owen Dorsey reports that the Tsiou side of the Osage tribe, when on a war party, have the face painted red, with mud upon the cheek, below the left eye, as wide as two or more fingers. The Hanka side of the tribe paint the face red, with a spot of mud upon the right cheek, below the eye, as wide as two or more fingers. For an ingenious method of indicating by variation of incisions on trees, the tribal use of paint by the Absaroka and Dakota respectively, see page 62. Figure 68 shows the tribal designation of the Kaiowa by the Dakota, taken from the winter count of Battiste Good, 1814-' 15. He calls the winter u Smashed- a- Kaiowa's- head- in winter." The tomahawk with which it was done is in contact with the Kaiowa's head. The sign for Kaiowa is made by passing the hands- naturally extended- in short horizontal circles on either side of the head, and the picture is probably drawn to represent the man in the attitude of making this gesture, and not the involuntary raising of the hands upon receiving the blow, such attitudes not appearing in Bat- FIG. « 8._ xaiowa. tiste Good's system. 165 t |
