BIOGRAPHIC. 



The pictographs under this head that have come to the writer's notice 

 have been grouped as, First, a continuous account of the chief events in 

 the life of the subject of the sketch; Second, separate accouuts of some 

 particular exploit or event in the life of the person referred to. Picto- 

 graphs of both of these descriptions are very common. 



CONTINUOUS RECORD OF EVENTS IN LIFE. 



An example of a continuous record is the following "autobiography" 

 of Running-Antelope : 



The accompanying illustrations, Figures 1-4 to 134 are copied from a 

 record of eleven drawings prepared by Running- Antelope, chief of the 



Fig. 124— Killed an Arikara. 



Qncpapa Dakota, at Grand River, Dakota, in 1873. The sketches were 

 painted in a large drawing-hook by means of water colors, and were made 

 for Dr. W. J. Hoffman, to whom the following interpretations were given 

 by the artist : 



The record comprises the most important events in the life of Run- 

 ning-Antelope as a warrior. Although frequently more than one per- 

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