malleey] CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS, 1785-1798. 133 



"White-Cow- Killer calls it " All-the-Indians-see-tbe-tlag winter." 



1791-'92. — ]So. I. Glue, an Oglala, froze to death on his way to a Brule 

 village. A glue-stick is represented back of his head. Glue, made 

 from the hoofs of buffalo, is used to fasten arrow-heads on, and is car- 

 ried about on sticks. 



No. II. The Dakotas and Oinahas made peace. 



1792-'93.— No. I. Many women died in child-birth. 



No. II. The Dakotas camped on the Missouri Eiver near the Gros 

 Ventres and fought with them a long time. The Dakota tipi and the 

 Gros Ventre lodge are shown in the figure. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Eees-house- winter." 



1793-94. — No. I. A Ponka who was captured when a boy by the Ogla- 

 las was killed while outside the village by a war party of Ponkas. 



No. II. Bear's-Ears was killed in a fight with the Pees. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Little-Face-killed winter." 



1794-'95. — No. I. The-Good -White-Man came with two other white 

 men. He promised that if they would let him and his companions go 

 undisturbed he would return and bring with him weapons with which 

 they could kill game with but little labor. They gave them buffalo 

 robes and dogs to pack them on and sent the party off. The sign for 

 white man is a hat, either by itself or on a head, and the gesture-sign 

 indicates one who wears a hat. Draw the open right hand horizontally 

 from left to right across the forehead a little above the eyebrows, the 

 back of the hand to be upward and the fingers pointing toward the left, 

 or draw the index across the forehead in the same manner. 



No. II. Bad-Pace, a Dakota, was shot in the face. 



"White-Cow- Killer calls it "Long-Hair killed winter." 



1795-'9C— No. I. The-Man - Who-O wns-the-Plute was killed by the Chey- 

 ennes. His flute is represented in front of him with sounds coming from 

 it. A bullet mark is on his neck. 



No. II. The Dakotas camped near the Eees and fought with them. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Water-Stomach-killed winter." 



179G-'97. — No. I. They killed the long-haired man in a fight with the 

 Cheyennes while on an expedition to avenge the death of The-Man- 

 Who-Owns-the-Flute, who was killed by the Cheyennes the year before. 



No. II. Badger, a Dakota, was killed by enemies, as shown by the 

 absence of his scalp. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it "War-Bonnet- killed winter." 



1797-98. — No. I. Little-Beaver and three other white men came to 

 trade, having been sent by the Good- White-Man. Their goods were 

 loaded on three sleds, each drawn by six dogs. 



No. II. The-Wise-Man was killed by enemies. 



White-Cow- Killer calls it " Caught-the medicine-god-woman-winter." 



1798-'99. — No. I. Owns-the-Pole, the leader of an Oglala war party, 

 brought home many Cheyenne scalps. The cross stands for Cheyenne. 



No. II. Many women died in child-birth. 



