NORTHERN CHEYENNE WOLF SCOUT

This wolf scout wears a necklace of buffalo dewclaws, borrowed from his horse, to give him the speed of the horse. Around his torso is the forty-five-foot-long rawhide lariat that he uses to catch wild horses. Hanging down from his waist is a scalp, which he always carries with him so that the scalped person will be unable to kill him in the afterlife. The scout has blackened his eyes and hands to represent the claws and eyes of a wolf. On his face, arms and chest, there is white clay from the riverbanks to represent the white underbelly of the wolf. He also wears a headdress and armbands made of wolf hide. All of this gives him the power and stealth of the wolf.