Objects of Interest and Curiosity: Scalps of Indians and White People. Ornaments made of Human Skin and Bones, &c. 1. Kiowa Medicine Rattle. 2. Sheath of Scalping Knife (Sioux). 3. Sheath of Scalping Knife (Cheyenne). 4. Scalping Knives. 5. Scalps of Two White Men, arranged on a Wand fob the Scalp Dance. 6. Scalp of a Sioux Indian. Elaborately ornamented with feathers and beads. 7. Scalp of a Sioux Indian, taken entire. 8. Scalp of a Little White Girl. This scalp was taken from the Comanches. The little girl was about nine years old. 9. Ute Match Safe, Beaded. 10. Ute Needle Case, Beaded. 11.
Objects of Interest and Curiosity: Scalps of Indians and White People. Ornaments made of Human Skin and Bones, &c. 1. Kiowa Medicine Rattle. 2. Sheath of Scalping Knife (Sioux). 3. Sheath of Scalping Knife (Cheyenne). 4. Scalping Knives. 5. Scalps of Two White Men, arranged on a Wand fob the Scalp Dance. 6. Scalp of a Sioux Indian. Elaborately ornamented with feathers and beads. 7. Scalp of a Sioux Indian, taken entire. 8. Scalp of a Little White Girl. This scalp was taken from the Comanches. The little girl was about nine years old. 9. Ute Match Safe, Beaded. 10. Ute Needle Case, Beaded. 11. Ute Necklace, with “Medicine.” Made of shells from the Gulf of California, passed in barter from tribe to tribe. 12. Cheyenne Squaw’s Gambling Implement. Made of the bones of a bear’s foot. 13. Northern Cheyenne Necklace. Made of the first joints of human fingers. 14. Gambling Bones, and Beaded Case. 15. Belt made of Human Skin. This was taken from a Tonkaway Indian, who had made it from the skin of a ComancheFrom the Book ' Our wild Indians; thirty-three years' personal experience among the red men of the great West ' by Richard Irving Dodge, Richard Irving Dodge (May 19, 1827 – June 16, 1895) was a colonel in the United States Army. Dodge was born in North Carolina[1] and died after a long and successful career in the Army. He began as a cadet in 1844 and retired as a Colonel May 19, 1891. Published A. D. Worthington and Company, 1883, Hartford, Conn.
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