132 PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



and was in his tipi, off by himself, sang his death-song and shot himself. 

 Suicide is more common among Indians than is generally suspected, and 

 even boys sometimes take their own lives. A Dakota boy at one of the 

 agencies shot himself rather than face his companions after his mother 

 had whipped him, andaPai-Ute boy at Camp McDermit, Nevada, tried 

 to poison himself with the wild parsnip because he was not well and 

 strong like the other boys. The Pai-TJtes usually eat the wild pars- 

 nip when bent on suicide. 



No. II. An Omaha woman who was living with the Oglalas attempted 

 to run away from them, and they killed her. A war between the two 

 tribes was the result. 



1785-'86. — No. I. Bear's-Ears, a Brule, was killed in an Oglala vil- 

 lage by the Crows. 



No. II. The Oglalas killed three lodges of Omahas. 



17S6-'87.— No. I. Broken-Leg-Duck, an Oglala, went to a Crow vil- 

 lage to steal horses and was killed. A line connects the name with the 

 mouth. 



No. II. Long-Hair was killed. To what tribe he belonged is not 

 known. 



1787-88. — No. I. They went out in search of the Crows in order to 

 avenge the death of Broken-Leg-Duck. They did not find any Crows, 

 but, chancing on a Mandau village, captured it and killed all the people 

 in it. 



No. II. A year of famine. They lived on roots, which are represented 

 in front of the tipi. 



178S-'S9. — No. I. Last-Badger, an Oglala, was killed by the Bees. 



No. II. The winter was so cold that many crows froze to death. 



White-Cow-Killer calls 1787-'88 "Many -black-crows-died winter." 



1789-'0O. — No. I. The cold was so intense that crows froze in the air 

 and dropped dead near the lodges. 



No. II. White-Goose was killed in an attack made by some enemies. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Goose-Feather-killed winter." 



1790-'01. — No. I. They could not hunt on account of the deep snow, 

 and were compelled to subsist on anything they could get, as herbs 

 (pezi) and roots. 



No. II. Picket-Pin went against the Cheyennes. A picket-pin is 

 represented in front of him and is connected with his mouth by the 

 usual line. The black band across his face denotes that be was brave 

 and had killed enemies. The cross is the symbol for Cheyenne. The 

 mark used for Cheyenne stands for the scars on their arms, or stripes on 

 their sleeves, which also gave rise to the gesture sign for this tribe, 

 given in Sign Language among the North American Indians, etc., First 

 Annual Beport of the Bureau of Ethnology, p. 465, viz. : Draw the ex- 

 tended right index, or the inner edge of the open right hand, several 

 times across the base of the extended left index or across the left fore- 

 arm at different heights. 



