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Xo. 4 denotes that the narrator has made trading- expeditions with a 

 dog sledge. 



No. 5 is a sailboat, although the elevated paddle signifies that that 

 was the manner in which the voyage was best made. The conspicuous 

 and abrupt stem specifies that it was a heavy boat, for nse in sailing, 

 and not a baidarka. 



Xo. represents a dog sled, with the animal hitched up for a journey. 

 The radiating lines in the left-hand upper corner of the square contain 

 ing the pictograph are the rays of the sun. 



Xo. 7 is a sacred or ceremonial structure. The four figures at the 

 outer corners of the square represent the young men placed on guard, 

 armed with bows and arrows, to keep away those not members of the 

 band, who are depicted as holding a dance. The small square in the 

 center of the inclosure represents the fireplace. The angular lines 



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extending from the right side of the structure to the vertical partition 

 line show in outline the subterranean entrance to the structure or 

 lodge. 



Xo. 8 is a pine tree, upon which a porcupine is crawling upward. 



Xo. 9, a similar species of tree, from the bark of which a bird [wood 

 pecker] is extracting larva? for food. 



Xo. 9 is a bear. 



Xo. 10 represents the owner of the record in Ms boat holding aloft 

 his doublebladed paddle to call for help to drive fish into a net. 



Xo. 11 is an assistant fisherman, one who has responded to the call, 

 and is observed driving fish by beating the water with a stick. 



Xo. 12 represents the net which, as is customary also among many t,f 

 the tribes of the Great Lakes, is usually set in moderately shallow 

 water. 



Xo. 13, the figure over the preceding character, denotes a whale, with 

 line and harpoon attached, which was caught by the fisherman during 

 one of his fishing trips. 



