. The religion of the Crow Indians. Fig. 1 (). Medicine Rock with Offerings. 386. Fig. 2 (). Medicine Rock with Offerings. 387 388 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XXV^ took to a Singing the Cooked Meat feast, though a subsequent state-ment indicates that he used it with his others when he himseK arrangedthis ceremonj-. One of the other stones resembled a buffalo head, stillanother had horns and the semblance of eyes but Gray-bull did not knowwhat it was. His principal hacoritsitse he kept enclosed in several clothwrappers, the whole being sto


. The religion of the Crow Indians. Fig. 1 (). Medicine Rock with Offerings. 386. Fig. 2 (). Medicine Rock with Offerings. 387 388 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XXV^ took to a Singing the Cooked Meat feast, though a subsequent state-ment indicates that he used it with his others when he himseK arrangedthis ceremonj-. One of the other stones resembled a buffalo head, stillanother had horns and the semblance of eyes but Gray-bull did not knowwhat it was. His principal hacoritsitse he kept enclosed in several clothwrappers, the whole being stored in a rawhide container of envelopeshape. The body of the stone was completely covered with buckskin,which was decorated with rows of beads. The rock itself was said tohave natural horsetrack markings on one side and to suggest a humanhead on the other; a deer was also marked on it. With the rock therewere the usual trimmings of weasel-skin, elk teeth, and the like; alsosome sweetgrass. The stone always faced upward (ise ivdkus-a-\- uk). Inthe same wrapping, but considered a distinct


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