mallert.1 COKBUSIER WINTER COUNTS, 1775-1784. 131 



1777-78. — No. I. It was an intensely cold winter, and the Man-who- 

 has-no-skin-on-his-penis froze to death. The sign for snow or winter, 

 i. c, a cloud with snow falling from it, is above his head. A haka-stick, 

 which, in playing that game, they cast after a ring, is represented in 

 front of him. 



Battiste Good's record is that a Dakota named Skinned-Penis was 

 killed in a fight with the Pawnees, and his companions left his body 

 where they supposed it would not be found, but the Pawnees found it, 

 and as it was frozen stiff, they dragged it into their camp and played 

 haka with it. 



No. II. A war party brought in the lone pine tree from the enemy's 

 country. They met no enemies while out. This event is also the first 

 in No. I, in which it marks the winter of 1775-'7G. 



I778-'79.— No. L The Poukas came and attacked a village, notwith- 

 standing peace had just been made with them. The people repulsed 

 and followed them, killing sixty. Some elk-hair and a feather repre- 

 sent Ponka. Horse tracks are used for horses. Attack is indicated by 

 signs which were said to represent bullet marks, and which convey the 

 idea that the bullet struck. The sign seems to be derived from the 

 gesture-sign for " it struck." 



No. II. Many of their horses were killed, but by whom is not known. 

 The same event is recorded in No. I, 1770-77. 



1779-'80. — No. I. Long-Pine was killed in a fight with the Crows. 

 The absence of his scalp denotes that he was killed by an enemy. The 

 wound was made with the bow and arrow. 



No. II. Skinned-his-penis was used in the ring-and-pole game. 



1780-'81.— No. I. Many died of small-pox. 



No. II. "The policeman" was killed by the enemy. 



1781-'82. — No. I. Many died of small-pox. 



No. II. Many people died of small-pox. They all record two succes- 

 sive winters of small-pox, but No. I makes the first year of the epidemic 

 one year later than that of Battiste Good, and No. II makes it two years 

 later. 



1782-'83.— No. I. A Dakota named Stabber froze to death. The sign 

 for winter is the same as before. 



No. II. Many people died of small-pox again. 



1783-'84. — No. I. The Mandans and Pees made a charge on a Dakota 

 village. The Dakotas drove them back, killed twenty five of them, 

 and captured a boy. An eagle's tail, which is worn on the head, stands 

 for Mandan and Eee. 



No. II. The-Stabber froze to death. The man's name is suggested 

 by the spear iu the body over his head, which is connected with his 

 mouth by a Hue. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it "Big-fire winter," possibly because big 

 fires were required to keep them warm. 



178-4-'85. — No. I. A young man who -was afflicted with the small-pox, 



