mallery.] DAKOTA WINTER COUNTS, 1794-1802. 103 



Battiste Good says: " Took-tke-god- woman-captive winter," adding : 

 a Dakota war party captured a woman of a tribe unknown, who, in order 

 to gain their respect, cried out, "I am a 'Waukau-Tauka' woman," 

 meaning that she feared or belonged to God, the Great Spirit, where- 

 upon they let her go unharmed. 



A note is added: This is the origin of their name for God [Waka n - 

 TankaJ, the Great Holy, or Supernatural Cue, they having never heard 

 of a Supreme Being, but had offered their prayers to the sun, earth, 

 and many other objects, believing they were endowed with spirits. 



White-Cow-Killer says: "Caught-a-inedieiue-god- woman winter." 



179S-'99.— No. I. Blackfeet Dakotas kill three Bees. 



1799-1800. — No. I. Uncpapas kill two Eees. The figure over the 

 heads of the two Bees is a bow, showing the mode of death. The hair 

 of the Arickaras in this and the preceding character is represented in 

 the same manner. 



1800-'01.— No. I. Thirty-one Dakotas killed by Crows. 



No. II. Thirty Dakotas were killed by Crow Indians. 



The device consists of thirty parallel black lines in three columns, 

 the outer lines being united. In this chart, such black lines always 

 signify the death of Dakotas killed by their enemies. 



The Absaroka or Crow tribe, although classed by ethnographers as 

 belonging to the Siouan family, has nearly always been at war with 

 the Dakotas proper since the whites have had any knowledge of either. 

 The official tables of 1875 give the number of Crows then living as 

 4,L'00. They are tall, well-made, bold, and noted for the extraordinary 

 length of their hair. 



No. III. Thirty Dakotas killed by the Gros Ventres Indians between 

 Forts Berthold and Union, Dakota. 



Mato Sapa's record has nine inside strokes in three rows, the inter- 

 pretation being that thirty Dakotas were killed by Gros Ventres be- 

 tween Forts Berthold and Union, Dakota. 



Major Bush says the same, adding that it was near the present site of 

 Fort Buford. 



1801-'02.— No. I. Many died of small-pox. 



No. II. The small pox broke out in the nation. The device is the 

 head and body of a man covered with red blotches. 



No. III. All the Dakotas had the small-pox very bad ; fatal. 



Battiste Good's record says : " Small-pox-used-them-up-again winter." 



White-Cow-Killer says : "All-sick winter." 



Major Bush adds " very badly" to "small-pox broke out." 



1802-'03. — No. I. First shod horses seen by Indians. 



No. II. A Dakota stole horses with shoes on, i, e., stole them either 

 directly from the whites or from some other Indians who had before 

 obtained them from whites, as the Indians never shoe their horses. 

 The device is a horseshoe. 



