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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[Pg 96]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>A SONG OF THE MARCH<SPAN name="FNanchor_K_11" id="FNanchor_K_11"></SPAN><SPAN href="#Footnote_K_11" class="fnanchor">[K]</SPAN></h2> <p class="subtitle">Sioux</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Now set up the tipi,</span><br/> <span class="i0">Now set up the tipi,</span><br/> <span class="i0">Around the bottom,</span><br/> <span class="i0">Around the bottom,</span><br/> <span class="i0">Drive in the pegs,</span><br/> <span class="i0">Drive in the pegs,</span><br/> <span class="i0">In the meantime I shall cook,</span><br/> <span class="i0">In the meantime I shall cook.</span><br/></div> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>“To those who know the Indian life it brings up a vivid picture of a prairie band on the march, halting at noon or in the evening. As soon as the halt is called by some convenient stream, the women jump down and release the horses from ... the travois, in the olden times, and hobble them to prevent them from wandering away. Then, while some of the women set up the tipi poles, draw the canvas over them, and drive in the pegs around the bottom and the wooden pins up the side, other women take axes and buckets and go down to the creek for wood and water. When they return, they find the tipis set up and the blankets spread out on the grass, and in a few minutes fires are built and the meal is in preparation.”</p> </div> <div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTE:</h3> <div class="footnote"><p><SPAN name="Footnote_K_11" id="Footnote_K_11"></SPAN><SPAN href="#FNanchor_K_11"><span class="label">[K]</span></SPAN> James Mooney.</p> </div> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><SPAN name="SIOUAN_TENTS" id="SIOUAN_TENTS"></SPAN>SIOUAN TENTS</h3> <p><i>B. Tent of Little Cedar, belonging to the order of Sun and Moon shamans. The circle represents the sun in which stands a man holding deer rattles.</i></p> <p><i>C. Those persons who belong to the Inke-sabe sub-gens known as Keepers of the Pipes, paint their tents with the pipe decorations.</i></p> <p><i>D. Used by a member of the order of Grizzly Bear shamans. “When they have had visions of grizzly bears, they decorate their tents accordingly.” (George Miller.) The bear is represented as emerging from his den. The dark band represents the ground.</i></p> <p><i>E. Sketch furnished by Chief Dried Buffalo. The circle at the top represents a bear’s cave. Below there are lightnings, then prints of bears’ paws. E also represents the grizzly bear vision.</i></p> <div class="figcenter"> <SPAN href="images/mlgp13.jpg"> <ANTIMG src="images/mlgp13th.jpg" width-obs="302" height-obs="400" alt="" /></SPAN></div> <p class="center"><i>Enlarged from plate in report of the Bureau of Ethnology</i></p> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <p><SPAN name="ARAPAHOE_BED" id="ARAPAHOE_BED"></SPAN></p> <div class="figcenter"> <SPAN href="images/mlgp14.jpg"> <ANTIMG src="images/mlgp14th.jpg" width-obs="259" height-obs="400" alt="An unrolled bed, with decorative edges and loop at the top." /></SPAN> <span class="caption">An Arapahoe Bed</span></div> <p class="center"><i>Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution</i></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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