Besides the personal mystery decoration of the robe or blanket, is that of the tent. Pl. XLIV, E is a sketch of a tent, furnished to the author by Dried Buffalo Skull, an old man of the Ȼatada gens of the Omaha. The decoration of this tent was the personal mystery or “qube” of Hupeȼa, Sr., father of Hupeȼa, Jr. (now known as ┴enugaʇañga), of the Wasabe-hit‘ajĭ or Black Bear sub-gens of the Ȼatada. After the death of Hupeȼa, Sr., the decoration became the property of his kinsman, Agaha-wacuce, of the same sub-gens, and father of Ԁaȼiⁿnaⁿpajĭ. The circle at the top, representing a bear’s cave, is sometimes painted blue, though Agaha-wacuce had it reddened. Below the four zigzag lines (representing the lightnings of different colors) are the prints of bears’ paws. The lower part of the tent was blackened with ashes or charcoal. Among the four zigzag lines, red, according to Mr. Francis La Flèche, symbolizes the east. [Illustration: FIG. 161.--Robe of Ԁahe-ʇap‘ĕ.] Wanukige, a chief of the Ictasanda gens, had a vision of the aurora borealis, so he depicted this on his robes and tent, as shown in Figs. 158 and 159. On the tent were seven stripes, three on each side of the entrance and one in the rear. Each robe that he wore had seven stripes. 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. [Illustration: FIG. 162.--Generic decoration referring to night, etc.] § 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 People the where ever night for example they have the tent pl. visions sub. of it ugȼiⁿ´i ʞĭ, wiⁿdétaⁿ sábeȼaí, kĭ ci águdí ctĕ they if one-half the they blacken and again where ever dwell length in níkaciⁿga amá iñgȼaⁿ´ íȼa‘eȼé amá cĭ égaⁿ people the pl. thunder they have the pl. again so sub. being visions sub. of it. ugȼiⁿ´-biamá. they dwell in, they say. SPECIFIC FORMS OF DECORATION.