136 PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



Young-Man's-Horses-Afraid, i. e., whose horses are afraid, was born 

 this year. He is now called " Old-Mauafraidof-his-Horses" by the 

 whites, and his sod, the present chief of the Oglalas, is known as 

 " Young-Man afraid-of-his Horses." [The present writer has heard an- 

 other interpretation about " afraid-of-his-horses," i. e., that the man 

 valued his horses so much that he was afraid of losing them. The 

 present representative of the name, however, stated to the writer that 

 the true meaning was " The-youngman- whose horses-they-fear."] 



1815-'16. — No. I. The figure is intended to represent a white man's 

 house. 



No. II. Some of the Dakotas built a large house and lived in it dur- 

 ing the winter. 



W hite-Cow-Killer calls it " Made-a-house winter." 



1816-'17.— No. I. They made peace with the Crows at Pine Bluff. The 

 arrow shows they had been at war. 



No. II. They lived in the same house that they did last winter. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Made-a-house winter." 



1817-'18. — No. I. The Oglalas had an abundance of buffalo meat and 

 shared it with the Bruits, who were short of food. Tbe buffalo hide 

 hung on the drying pole, with the buffalo head above it, indicates an 

 abundance' of meat. 



No. II. The-Brave-Man was killed in a great fight. The fight is shown 

 by the arrows flying to and from him. Having been killed by an enemy, 

 he is scalped. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Plenty-ofmeat winter." 



1818-'19. — No. I. A large house was built. 



No. II. Many died of the small-pox. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it "Little-small-pox winter." 



1819-20. — No. I. Another house was built. The Dakotas made medi- 

 cine in it. 



No. II. In an engagement with the Crows, both sides expended all of 

 their arrows, and then threw dirt at each other. A Crow is represented 

 on the right, and is distinguished by the manner in which the hair is 

 worn. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Made-a-house-of-old-wood winter." 



1S20-'21.— No. I. The Dakotas assaulted and took a Crow village of 

 a hundred lodges. They killed many and took many prisoners. 



No. II. A Dakota, named Glue, froze to death. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Two-arrows-madea-war-bonnet winter." 



1821-'22. — No. I. They had all the mini wakan (spirit water or whisky) 

 they could drink. They never had any before. A barrel with a waved 

 or spiral line running from it represents the whisky, the waved line sig- 

 nifying spirit. 



No. II. A large roaring star fell. It came from the east, and shot 

 out sparks of fire along its course. Its track and the sparks are shown 

 in the figure. See also page 111. 



