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authority and whose exceeding valor, worth and power are admitted by all the nation.

"This man (Mah-to-toh-pa) was the only man in the nation who was allowed to wear the horns, and all, I found, looked upon him as the ieader who had the power to lead all the warriors in time of war." (Catlin, Vol. 1, p. 103.)

The second warchief wears the same badge as the first except that it has but one horn (the right) on the shield.

The third warchief wears the same with left horn only on shield.

Scalps. Each warrior wears a long tuft of horsehair. This answers as his scalp. He can lose this only in an important competition, approved by the Council, in which he stakes his scalp against that of some other Brave. If he loses he surrenders his tuft to the winner and goes tuftless until the Council think proper to give him a new scalp.

But the winner keeps the old scalp for a teepee or other decoration, and counts Coup or Grand Coup, as the Council may decide. The warrior without tuft cannot sit in Council or take part in the competitions.