§ 47. Fig. 166 is the decoration of one of the tents of Ni-ku-ȼi-bȼaⁿ, father of the present Wackaⁿ-maⁿȼiⁿ (Hard Walker), an ex-chief of the Omaha. Nikuȼibȼaⁿ was one of the two leaders of the order of Thunder shamans, and was regarded as being very “qube” or mysterious. The black band at the bottom refers to the night, and above it are seen the moon and a star. The old man named one of his grandchildren Haⁿakipa (Meets the Night), after the vision to which the tent decoration refers. George Miller furnished the description of Nikuȼibȼaⁿ’s tent, obtained from an old woman, who is his widow: “Gaⁿ wíqti ʇaⁿ´ba-májĭ ȼaⁿ´ja, uȼaí égaⁿ ana´‘aⁿ hă. Gaⁿ´ And I I did not though they have as I have And myself see him told about heard it. him iñgȼaⁿ´ⁿ íȼa‘eȼá-biamá, ádaⁿ ʇuɔniñ´ge gáxai tĕ Thunder he had a vision of therefore rainbow made it the Being him, they say (past act) gátĕ. ┴íhuʞaⁿ ȼaⁿʇá bagȼéjai tĕ, é uȼaí hă that ob. Smoke-hole at the painted in the that told it . part spots (past act) wa‘újiñga igáqȼaⁿ aká. Maⁿ´ciaʇá aȼiⁿ´ akíi, á-biamá. old woman his wife the sub. On high having had he said, him reached they say. there again Eʇá ctĭ majaⁿ´ ȼé égaⁿ, á-biamá. Qubĕ´qti gáxai There too land this like he said, they Very mysterious they say. made him níaciⁿga, ádaⁿ ʇí ugá tĕ áwatégaⁿ gáxe gaⁿ´ȼai man therefore tent painted the how to make he wished it ʞĭ, gaⁿ´ égaⁿ gáxai. Bagȼéjai tĕ mási é wakaí when at any so he made it. Made spotted he hail that it meant rate by painting tĕ.” the (past act).