Káma-Kapúska! Making Marks in Indian Country, 1833–34

XXII–XXIV

“When a man had been on a war party he made a vertical mark; when he had been leader of a war party he made a horizontal mark. Thus, FIG. XII means ‘I have been member in my life time of four war parties.’ FIG. XXIII means ‘I have been leader of four war parties.’ FIG. XXIV means ‘I was a member of a war party and was sent ahead to spy out the enemy.’”

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