regardless of colour or country. He 

 called it "Two squaws scolding their 

 husbands for being out all night." I 

 refer this drawing to the Art students 

 as it appears to contain a valuable 

 suggestion If hands are difficult, 

 don't draw hands. Or as in the 

 record of Exploits by Whiteswan, 

 if an incident is to be disconnected 

 from others on the same page, turn 

 it upside down. Surely such a so- 

 lution would occur to few, but it is 

 undeniably effective. 



The dominant figure among the 

 Absarokas is Plenty Coups, the war 

 chief. He finds the pictograph quite 

 sufficient for his needs in running 

 a country store. Why keep an 

 elaborate set of books with double, 

 redouble (pardon) entry, and a 

 staff of mathematicians, when a 

 ledger like the following serves 

 every purpose? A mark is put 

 for every dollar, a long mark 

 for every tenth dollar and a pic- 

 ture above to denote the owner. 

 When the account is cancelled it is 

 rubbed out. Why have a burden- 

 some file to remind one of "has 

 beens"? The ingenuity of Plenty 



