lO SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 97 



No. 5 

 "Lances a Crow Indian." — Kimball. 



"1853 (?). Sitting Bull unhorses a Crow warrior with his lance. 

 The story is well known, but no eye-witnesses now live, and the 

 date and place are uncertain." — Vestal. 



No. 6 



"Sitting Bull twice wounded, and unhorsed. His enemy, a Crow, 

 at length killed by a shot in the abdomen and his scalp taken and 

 hung on Sitting Bull's bridle." '" — Kimball. 



^^ Regarding the mention of scalps in this and succeeding pictures, see William- 

 son letter, p. 7. 



"1856. On Porcupine Creek. Sitting Bull, shown wearing his 

 Strong Heart bonnet and sash, crouches behind his shield and shoots 

 a Crow chief through the belly, at the same time being wounded 

 in the foot. Flame and smoke pour from the guns, and the wounds 

 bleed freely. Sitting Bull's black war horse awaits its master in the 

 background." — Vestal, 



