Fig. 565.—Fifth to strike. Dakota.
Fig. 565 denotes that the wearer was the fifth that touched the body of his enemy after he was killed.
Fig. 566.—Many wounds. Dakota.
Fig. 566 denotes that the wearer has been wounded in many places by the enemy.
The following variations in the scheme were noticed in 1883 among the Mdewakantanwan Dakotas, near Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Feathers of the eagle are used as among the other bands of Dakotas.
A plain feather is used to signify that the wearer has killed an enemy, without regard to the manner in which he was slain.
When the end is clipped transversely, and the edge colored red, it signifies that the throat of the enemy was cut.