138 PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



curved Hue is the bend in the river ; the waved line is the water, above 

 which the tops of the tipis are shown. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Great-flood-and-many-Indiausdrowued 

 winter." [See page 113.] 



182G-27.— No. I. The brother of the Good-White-Man came. 



No. II. Held a commemoration of the dead. The pipe-stem and the 

 skull iudicate this. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Long- Whistle-sick winter." 



1827-'28. — No. I. The snow was very deep. 



No. II. In a fight with the Mandans, Crier was shot in the head with 

 a gun. 



Wliite-Oow-Killer calls it " Suow-shoe-makiug winter." 



1828-'29. — No. I. They provided themselves with a large supply of 

 antelope meat by driving antelope into a corral, in which they were 

 easily killed. 



No. II. They drove many antelope into a corral and then killed them. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Many-Rees-killed winter." 



1829-'30.— No. I. Striped-Face stabbed aud killed his son-in-law for 

 whipping his wife. 



No. II. Spotted-Face stabs his son-in-law for whipping his wife. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Spotted-Face-held on-long winter." 



1830-'31. — No. I. They saw wagons for the first time. Red -Lake, a 

 white trader, brought his goods in them. 



No. II. The Crows were approaching a village at a time when there 

 was a great deal of snow on the ground and intended to surprise it, but 

 some herders discovering them the Dakotas went out, laid in wait for 

 the Crows, surprised them, and killed many. A Crow's head is repre- 

 sented in the figure. 



White Cow-Killer calls it "Killed-many-white-buffalo winter." 



183L-'32.— No. I. Red-Lake's house, which he had recently built, was 

 destroyed by fire, and he was killed by the accidental explosion of some 

 powder. 



No. II. A white man, whom they called Gray-Eyes, shot and killed 

 a man who was working for him. 



1832-'33.— No. I. They killed many Gros Ventres in a village which 

 they assaulted. 



No. II. All of Standing-Bull's horses were killed, but by whom is 

 unknown. Hoof-prints, blood stains, and arrows are shown under the 

 horse. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it "Une-Horn's-leg-broken winter." 



1S33-34.— No. I. The stars moved around. 



No. H. It rained stars. 



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



The records [see page 116] all undoubtedly refer to the magnificent 

 meteoric display of the morning of November 13th, 1833, which was wit- 

 nessed throughout North America, and which they have correctly as- 



