Fig. 160 represents the personal mystery decoration of Ȼaqube of the [K]aⁿze gens. George Miller’s father could wear this decoration, but the right to it could not be transmitted by him to any one else. Ԁahe-ʇap‘ĕ, of the [K]e-‘iⁿ subgens of the Ȼatada gens, once had a vision of two stars and the new moon. Consequently he decorated his buffalo robe, as shown in Fig. 161, and joined the order of Thunder shamans. He died when the author was at the Omaha agency (between 1878 and 1880).
GENERIC FORMS OF DECORATION.
§ 46. There are examples of generic forms of decoration, as well as those of specific forms. For instance, when a person had a vision of the night, or of the Thunder-being, or one of some other superterrestrial object, he blackened the upper part of his tent and a small portion on each side of the entrance, as shown in Fig. 162.
It was given thus by George Miller:
| Níaciⁿga | amá | águdi | ctĕ | haⁿ´ | daⁿ´ctĕ | íȼa‘eȼé | amá | ʇí | ugȼiⁿ´i | ʞĭ, | wiⁿdétaⁿ | sábeȼaí, | kĭ | ci | águdí | ctĕ | níkaciⁿga | amá |
| People | the pl. sub. | where | ever | night | for example | they have visions of it. | the pl. sub. | tent | they dwell in | if | one-half the length | they blacken | and | again | where | ever | people | the pl. sub. |
| iñgȼaⁿ´ | íȼa‘eȼé | amá | cĭ | égaⁿ | ugȼiⁿ´-biamá. |
| thunder being | they have visions of it. | the pl. sub | again | so | they dwell in, they say. |
SPECIFIC FORMS OF DECORATION.
FIG. 163.—Tent of Aⁿpaⁿ-skă, Sr.