[49] Medal or gorget.
[50] Hint for general present of ammunition to the party.
[51] Some to each woman.
[52] An intimation that tobacco is not only wanted but plenty of it.
[53] This is an invariable request, and would be so no difference how long the prices were.
[54] Whoever makes a liberal present to Indians has his name sung around the camp or fort in a song of thanks.
[55] This inference on the part of Denig indicates that he was not cognizant of the facts, poetically expressed, conveyed by native Indian myths, and so he reached the false conclusion that all myths are no more nor less than simple fictions, when, in fact, except in their verbal dress, they are true. He failed to interpret rightly the metaphorical diction.
[56] This statement is highly questionable, since these Indians show a deep reverence for Wakoñda, the highest God of their pantheon, as may be learned from various passages in Denig’s own report.
[57] The Fire Dragon or Mateor—Son of the gods.
[58] The Whirlwind that took up her husband.