. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . g thelour sticks, etc. Fig. i S -Kase (Osajie) order of circitmam-biilatioii. § 371. Assuming that we have a correct grouijing of the four ele-ments in Fig. 194, it appears that Paha°le-gaqli and Alikawahu beganwith the quarters associated with war; that the Tsiou old man beganwith those referring to peace, and the Patika old man with those per-taining to war, and the principal man of the Kase gens with those onthe peace side. § 372. In cutting off the un-der skin from a .scalp, the Os-age war ca
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . g thelour sticks, etc. Fig. i S -Kase (Osajie) order of circitmam-biilatioii. § 371. Assuming that we have a correct grouijing of the four ele-ments in Fig. 194, it appears that Paha°le-gaqli and Alikawahu beganwith the quarters associated with war; that the Tsiou old man beganwith those referring to peace, and the Patika old man with those per-taining to war, and the principal man of the Kase gens with those onthe peace side. § 372. In cutting off the un-der skin from a .scalp, the Os-age war captain— stood facing the East ? » *E Holding tbe scalp in one hand, wittthe other he placed the knife-bladeacross it, with the point toward theSouth (see Fig. 199). Thenhe turnedthe knife with the point toward theEast. Nest, with the blade restingon the scalp, the point to the South,he moved the knife backward andforward four times, cutting deeper into the .scalp on each occasion. Then he made foursimilar outs, but with the point to the East. After this, the flat part of the blade. Fig. 199.—Showing how the Osage prepared the scalp forthe dance. Om. Soc. 3d An. Rept. Bur. Ethn., p. 242 DORSEY.] SYMBOLIC COLORS. 527 being on the scalp, its edge was ]iut against one of the four corners made by theprevious incisions (1, 2, 3, and 4), beginning witli Xo. 1. He cnt under each cornerfour times, siaging a sacred song each time that he changed the position of the knife.* * The scalp -vvas stretched and fastened to a bow, -which was bent and formedinto a hoop. This hoop was tied to u pole, which was carried liy the princi|)al kettle-bearer. Observe that in this ceremouy the Soutli and East ^vere the mysticquarters, answeriug to the bad winds of the Inke-sabe tradition. When the Dakota -priest, referred to in § 307, to rotate thephite coutainiug- the cherries aud down, he grasj^ed the plate with hisright hand (note that the right side of the Osage circle was the warside)
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