Tent of a Kansa who had an eagle vision 405 179. Kansa decorated tent 406 180. Kansa decorated tent 406 181. Maⁿze-guhe’s robe 406 182. Maⁿze-guhe’s tent 407 183. Duba-maⁿȼiⁿ’s father’s blanket 407 184. Iñke-sabĕ tent decoration 408 185. Iñke-sabĕ tent decoration 409 186. Waqaga’s robe 409 187. Sacred tent in which the pole was kept 413 188. Bear Butte, South Dakota 449 189. The “u-ma-ne” symbol 451 190. Eagle-wing flute 455 191. The tent of preparation and the dancing lodge 459 192. The ghost lodge 487 193. The Ȼatada gentile circle 523 194. The four elements, etc. 523 195. Kansa order of invoking winds, etc. 525 196. Tsiɔu (Osage) order of placing the four sticks, etc. 525 197. Paⁿɥka (Osage) order of placing the four sticks, etc. 526 198. Kaⁿ[s]e (Osage) order of circumambulation 526 199. Showing how the Osage prepared the scalp for the dance 526 200. Omaha lightnings and the four quarters 527 [Illustration: Bureau of Ethnology. Eleventh Annual Report. Plate XLIV [image] GAST LITH. CO. SIOUAN TENTS.] A STUDY OF SIOUAN CULTS. BY JAMES OWEN DORSEY. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. DEFINITIONS OF “CULT” AND “SIOUAN.” § 1. Cult, as used in this article, means a system of religious belief and worship, especially the rites and ceremonies employed in such worship. The present article treats of the cults of a few of the Siouan tribes--that is, with two exceptions, of such tribes as have been visited by the author. “Siouan” is a term originated by the Bureau of Ethnology. It is derived from “Sioux,” the popular name for those Indians who call themselves “Dakota” or “Lakota,” the latter being the Teton appellation. “Siouan” is used as an adjective, but, unlike its primitive, it refers not only to the Dakota tribes, but also to the entire linguistic stock or family. SIOUAN FAMILY.