Honors
Honors are of two kinds: individual, and group or degree. Any brave may take both kinds if he wishes. The standards for the individual honors, it will be seen, are higher.
I shall give these first, as they have been in use from the beginning.
DECORATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL HONORS
The decorations for the exploits are: eagle-feathers and wampum medals. Thus, the emblems of a high honor or grand coup would be an eagle feather with a red tuft on the end, and a red felt badge with a bead of wampum.
The symbol for a low honor or coup would be a plain eagle feather that is, without any tuft and a red felt badge without a wampum.
Thus, it will be seen that the medals do not take the place of the feathers, but repeat the honor in another form.
DECORATIONS FOR GROUP HONORS OR DEGREES
The decoration for the group honors or degrees, of which there are twenty-four, is set forth on pages 27 and 71. It is made in beads, quills, or embroidery. These Honor Bands are used as arm bands or as decorations of the war-shirt.
