. It is made
of ash, and is as long as from the elbow to the tips of the fingers. The
ja^n-daona, "wood with a smooth head," is a club made of ironwood, which
is very hard. According to the late Joseph La Fleche, the Omaha form of
this weapon had a steel point projecting from the ball.

[Illustration: Fig. 321.--Omaha club (ja^{n}-da[c]na).]

[Illustration: Fig. 322.--Omaha club (weaq[|c]ade).]

Figures 320 and 321 are forms of the ja^{n}-[p]a[c]na which may be seen
in the National Museum (nos. 2649 and 22419). The weaq[|c]ade, another
kind of war club, is made of some kind of hard wood. There are two
varieties, one of which is shown in figure 322 (National Museum no.
23729). The other has a ball carved at the end of a straight handle,
with a wooden point (of one piece with the ball and handle) projecting
from the ball, making an angle of about 130 deg. with one side of the
handle. There is a steel point inserted in the ball, forming an angle of
about 110 deg. with the other side of the handle. The i^{n}[']-wate-jin[']ga
is something like a slung shot. A round stone is wrapped in a piece of
hide which is fastened to a wooden handle about 2 feet long.

Tomahawks.

The heads of tomahawks as well as of battle-axes were at first made of
stone; but within the last century and a half they have been fashioned
of iron.

Spears.

Lances, darts, or spears are designated by the general term
man[']d[)e]hi. The ja^{n}[']-man'd[)e]hi are made of ash, and are from 6
to 8 feet long. There are two kinds, of one of which the handle is
round, and about an inch in diameter, and the point is flat and about
the width of three fingers at its juncture with the handle.

Besides these there are the lances, called waq[|c]exe-[|c]aze, of which
there are two varieties. One consists of a straight pole, which has been
thrust through a piece of buffalo hide that has its long end sewed
together, forming a sort of covering. To this hide are fastened feathers
of the crow and mi^{n}[']xa-sa^{n}, or swan, in alternate rows or
bunches. Between the feathers are fastened square pieces of blanket.
About the middle of the pole a space of nearly 6 inches is left without
feathers, and this is the place where the spear is grasped. When the
pole was not set into a metal point the lower end was cut very sharp.[1]
The other variety, or mand[)e]hi [|c]iguje, "bent spear," is the weapon
which the Dakota call "wahukeza." It is ornamented with eagle feathers