As chauvinistic as males were in dealings with their spouses, Plains Indian men at least showered their wives with a plethora of finery. Miller described this woman as attired in the most lavish of “barbaric splendor.” Her “saddle is adapted expressly for her convenience and safety; pounds of beads, and any number of hawks’ bells are lavished on her dress and on the horse’s trappings; at her side, depending from the saddle, hangs her ‘possible sack,’ which is a wonder of workmanship, in dyed porcupine quills, and in it she carries her trinkets and finery.” (Bell, 30)
