Káma-Kapúska! Making Marks in Indian Country, 1833–34Main MenuScholarly ArticleWied-Neuwied’s Journal PagesA Sample ExhibitionNumak'aki Persons and ThemesProject NarrativeSourcesKristine K. Ronan866e3f0d78e6d37c93d7b8ddc8a882dd7a5e8029
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12019-10-19T10:36:20+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5b41plain2019-10-19T10:36:20+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5b“When a man had been on a war party he made a vertical mark; when he had been leader of a war party he made a horizontal mark. Thus, FIG. XII means ‘I have been member in my life time of four war parties.’ FIG. XXIII means ‘I have been leader of four war parties.’ FIG. XXIV means ‘I was a member of a war party and was sent ahead to spy out the enemy.’”
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12019-10-19T10:36:11+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5bCounting coup marks owned and drawn by Red White Buffalo (Numak'aki) in 1884, explained by Beaver (Numak'aki) and Butterfly (Minitari) and copied by Gilbert L. Wilson in 1909.1Fig. 9, Counting coup marks owned and drawn by Red White Buffalo (Numak'aki) in 1884, explained by Beaver (Numak'aki) and Butterfly (Minitari) and copied by Gilbert L. Wilson in 1909. From volume 8 (1909) of the Hidatsa-Mandan Reports, Gilbert L. and Frederick N. Wilson Papers, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. Notes in the public domain; image courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society and the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.ronan/MHS_1_Vol 8_page_132+A.jpgplain2019-10-19T10:36:11+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5b