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PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATIONS. 



Figure 61 is a letter sent by mail from a Southern Cheyenne, named 

 Turtle-following-his-Wife, at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, In- 

 dian Territory, to his son, Little-Man, at the Pine Ridge Agency, Da- 

 kota Territory. It was drawn on a half-sheet of ordinary writingpaper, 

 without a word written. It was inclosed in an envelope, which was ad- 

 dressed to " Little-Man, Cheyenne, Pine Ridge Agency," in the ordinary 

 manner, written by some one at the first- named agency. The letter 

 was evidently understood by Little-Man, as he immediately called upon 

 Dr. V. T. McGillycuddy, Indian agent at Pine Ridge Agency, and was 



Fig. 61. — Lt-tter to Little-Mas from liia father Cheyenne. 



aware that the sum of $53 had been placed to his credit for the purpose 

 of enabling him to pay his expenses in going the long journey to his 

 father's home in Indian Territory. Dr. McGillycuddy had, by the same 

 mail, received a letter from Agent Dyer, inclosing $53, and explaining 

 the reason for its being sent, which enabled him also to understand the 

 pictograpuic letter. With the above explanation it very clearly shows, 

 over the head of the figure to the left, the turtle following the turtle's 

 wife united with the head of the figure by a line, and over the head of 

 the other figure, also united by a line to it, is a little man. Also over 



