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Show MALLKBT] PERSONAL NAME. 173 Fin. 78.- Shadow. to a practice of that tribe, to make transverse cuts in the forearm after or before goin<: into a conflict, as an offering or vow to the Great Spirit for success. Cheyennes are thus represented HI the winter count of Cloud- Shield for 1834-' 35 ( see page 139) and 187S-' 79 ( see page 146.) Mr. P. W. Norris has presented a buffalo robe containing a record of exploits, which was drawn by Black- Crow, a Dakota warrior, several years ago. The peculiarity of the drawings is, that the warrior is represented in each instance in an upright position, the accompanying figure being always in a recumbent posture, representing the enemy who was slain. Instead of depicting the personal name above the fallen personage with a line connecting the two, the name of the enemy is placed above the head of the victor in each instance, a line extending between the character and the speaker or warrior whose exploits the characters represent. The latter seems to proclaim the name of his victim. A pipe is also figured between the victor and the . vanquished, showing that he is entitled to smoke a pipe of celebration. A copy of the whole record was shown to the Mdewakantawan Da-kotas, near Fort Snelling, Minnesota, in 1883, and the character reproduced in Figure 79, about which there was the most doubt, was explained as signifying u many tongues," t. e., Loud- Talker, being the name of the person killed. The circle at the end of the line running from the mouth contains a number of lanceolate forms, the half of each of which is black, the other white. They have the appearance of feathers. These figures signify voice, the souuds as issuing from the mouth, and correspond in some respect to those drawn by the Mexicans with that significance. The considerable number of these figures, signifying intensity, denotes loud voice, or, as given literally, u loud talker," that being the name of the victim. It is however to be noted that " Shield," an Oglala Dakota, says the character signifies Feather- Shield, the name of a warrior formerly living at the Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota. Flo. 79.- Loud- Talker. |