4 BIRDS, GROUSE. Three blue birds, probably blue grouse, which once were common in the Northern Cheyenne homeland of Montana. These could be another grouse, the lesser prairie chicken. The birds have short beaks of seed-eaters and prominent short wings. Their bodies are plump, and white tailfeathers extend behind them, with a black tip to indicate barred tips. They are identical to other blue birds in the Dodge City 1879 ledger notebooks (see KSHS Wild Hog ledger, PILA plate 41). An early settler on the Plains, Richard Irving Dodge, describes grouse among the birds hunted during an 1872 expedition in his book The Great Plains of the Great West (New York: Archer House, 1959): 118. He includes "32 grouse" in his month-long hunt. Various species of grouse continue to be hunted throughout the country. 5 GROUP, FIVE WOMEN. Right: Five women wear an assortment of blankets: One a red trade cloth (or Stroud) blanket; two second-phase Navajo chief blankets; two blue trade cloth blankets. Three in the middle wear yellow leggings (probably painted buckskin) with vertical rows of small nickel silver or brass button-like ornaments (Lanford, 2003: 164; Cowdrey, 1999: 136). One, on the right, wears red leggings. Three on the right wear red facepaint: red along the hairline from forehead to jaw. One has uncolored (white or bare skin?) leggings. All have bands around each ankle.