[Notes: BIANKI'S VISION
(Kiowa Drawing)
_The ghost-dance among the Sioux was based on the belief that the dead
Indians would all come to life and drive out the white intruders. Then
the buffaloes, which were disappearing, would come back in the immense
herds of the olden time._
_The vision of one of the dreamer priests is represented. After
reaching the spirit world, Bianki found himself on a vast prairie
covered with innumerable buffaloes and ponies. He went through the
herds (dotted lines) until he came to a large Kiowa camp, with its
ornament tepees. He met four young women who had died years before,
and asked about two of his brothers, also dead. He soon met them
coming into camp, with buffalo meat hanging from their saddles._]
[Illustration: _Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution_]