Fig. 83.—Second to strike enemy. Hidatsa.
A feather bearing one red bar, made with vermilion, signifies the wearer to have been the second person to strike the fallen enemy with the coup stick. Figure 83.
Fig. 84.—Third to strike enemy. Hidatsa.
A feather bearing two red bars signifies that the wearer was the third person to strike the body. Figure 84.
Fig. 85.—Fourth to strike enemy. Hidatsa.
A feather with three bars signifies that the wearer was the fourth to strike the fallen enemy. Figure 85. Beyond this number honors are not counted.
