had the dance in the winter. One buffalo cornes, and one warrior cornes and chases him and kills him, and the others dance. When they kill the buffalo in the dance, whoever cornes to him first will take him to his society room and all the members of his society will sprinkle the buffalo with water that they may have good luck." SIWOLO (BUFFALO)
(Plate 50, b)
Costume.-The mask is a regular chin mask like Tcakwena wears with the buffalo head put on over it. He has red ears and black and white homs. Over his head and shoulders he wears a buffalo hide. His arms are painted red. His kilt is of brown buckskin with a rattlesnake painted on it. The bottom of the kilt is fringed with nails and other pieces of metal that jangle as he dances. Fur leggings with more metal ornaments on the upper edges. Red moccasins trimmed with blue. Fox skin. In his right hand a rattle, in the left a lightning stick and a bunch of black hair. He wears beads on both wnsts for he is valuable.
He cornes with the Sioux dance.
A&AHA
(Plate 50, c)
He wears a chin mask with a large nose. The painting on the face is feathers, for he is a warrior. The face is painted red with the blood of the buffalo. Over his head he wears twisted strands of beads. He wears a wildcat skin around his loins, brown moccasins, and fringed leggings. He wears arm bands of different colors and wide cuffs painted with arrow points. Around his neck he wears strings of buffalo claws, two strands, in addition to beads. In the right hand a tomahawk (Ca'lako's ax); in the left a sword in a leather sheath. He cornes with the Sioux dance. He brings in the buffalo and kills him in his dance.
AiNANUWA (OR MEPU)
(Plate 50, d)
Chin masks painted browTi, WT.th designs in white, blue, and black on nose and chin, w-ith prominent nose. Goatskin over head, feather over right ear. Deer antlers around neck. Fringed buckskin shirt. Navaho blanket around loins; red belt; fox skin; brown moccasins, with woolen hose. In right hand a stone knife; in left a bow and arrow.
Cornes with Sioux dance and "takes care" of buffalo.