North American Indians of the plains / by Clark Wissler.

  • Clark Wissler
Date:
1912
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Credit: North American Indians of the plains / by Clark Wissler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    upon whom the governing body called for police service. In addition to these specific parallels, we find that all tribes using the camp circle, or organized camp, when hunting buffalo, also appointed police who executed orders in a similar manner. Among the tribes having soldier societies we again find certain marked simi¬ larities in the current names for these organizations as shown in the following partial list, compiled by Dr. It. H. Lowie: — Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Piegan Arapaho Gros Ventre — Kit-foxes Foxes Ivit-foxes Ivit-foxes Kit- _ _ _ Mosquitoes _ foxes Flies Ravens Ravens Crows Ravens — — Half-Shorn Half-Shorn — — — — Heads Foolish Dogs Heads Crazy Dogs Mad Dogs Crazy Dogs Crazy Crazy Dogs (?) Small Dogs Young Dogs . Lodge Lodge Old Dogs Dogs Big Young Dogs Dogs Dogs Soldiers Enemies Dogs (?) Soldiers < Braves (?) — — Buffaloes Bulls 1 Mad Bulls Soldiers (?) Bulls It will be noted that a mad or foolish society is found in each of the six tribes as is also a dog society, while the kit-fox and the raven are common to a number. Investigations of these organizations have shown that though those bearing similar names are not exact dupli¬ cates, they nevertheless have many fundamental ele¬ ments in common. The most probable explanation of this correspon¬ dence in name and element is that each distinct society had a common origin, or that the bulls, for example,