452. Brave’s Dance, Ojibbeway—bragging and boasting.
453. Pipe Dance, Assineboins.
Each dancer is “smoked” by the chief, who sits smoking his pipe, and then pulled up into the dance.
454. Straw Dance, Sioux.
Children made to dance with burning straws tied to their bodies, to make them tough and brave.
455. Sham Fight, Mandan Boys—School of practice every morning at sunrise, back of the village—instructed in it by the chiefs and braves.
456. Sham Scalp Dance, by the Mandan Boys—danced in the village when they come in, in honour of a sham victory.
457. War Dance of the Sioux.
Each warrior, in turn, jumps through the fire, and then advances shouting and boasting, and taking his oath, as he “strikes the reddened post.”
458. Foot War Party in Council, Mandan.