mallery.] CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS, 1926-1838. 139 



signed to the winter corresponding with that of 1833-'34. All of them 

 represent stars as having four points. 



1834-35. — No. I. They were at war with the Cheyennes. The Chey- 

 enne is the one with the stripes on his arm. 



No. II. They fought with the Cheyennes. The stripes on the arm are 

 for Cheyenne as before. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Cheyennes-caine-andone-killed winter." 



1835-'36.— No. I. They killed a very fat buffalo bull. 



No. II. They killed a very fat buffalo bull. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Two warriors-killed winter." 



183C-'37. — No. I. The Dakotas and the Pawnees fought on the ice on 

 the North Platte River. The former were on the north side, the right- 

 hand tide in the figure, the latter on the south side, the left in the fig- 

 ure. Horsemen and footmen on the right are opposed to footmen on the 

 left. Both sides have gnus and bows, as shown by the bullet-marks and 

 the arrows. The red marks are for blood-stains on the ice. 



No. II. They fought the Pawnees across the ice on the North Platte. 

 The man on the left is a Pawnee. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it " Figkt-on-ice winter." 



1837-38. — No. I. Paiuts-His-Cheeks-Bed and his family, who were 

 camping by themselves, were killed by Pawnees. 



No. II. Paints-His-Face-Bed, a Dakota, was killed in his tipi by the 

 Pawnees. 



White-Cow-Killer calls it u Five-Fingers-died winter." 



1838-'39. — No. I. Spotted-Horse carried the pipe around and took the 

 war path against the Pawnees, to avenge the death of his uncle, Paints- 

 His-Ckeeks-Eed. 



No. II. Crazy-Dog, a Dakota, carried the pipe around and took the 

 war path. The waved or spiral lines denote crazy. 



White-Cow-Killer says, "Paiuts-his-Chin's-lodge all-killed winter." 



When a warrior desires to make up a war party he visits his friends 

 and offers them a filled pipe as an invitation to follow him, and those 

 who are willing to go accept the invitation by lighting and smoking it. 

 Any man whose courage has been proved may become the leader of a 

 war party. Among the Arapahos the would-be leader does not invite 

 anyone to accompany him, but publicly announces his intention of going 

 to war. He fixes the day for his departure and states where he will 

 camp the first night, naming some place not far off. The morning on 

 which he starts, and before leaving the village, he invokes the aid of 

 the suu, his guardian by day, and often, to propitiate him, secretly vows 

 to undergo penance, or offer a sacrifice on his return. He rides off alone, 

 carrying his bare pipe in his hand, with the bowl carefully tied to the 

 stem to prevent it from slipping off. If the bowl should at any time 

 accidentally fall to the ground, he considers it an evil omen, and imme- 

 diately returns to the village, and nothing could induce him to proceed, 

 as he thinks that only misfortune would attend him if he did. Some- 



