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PICTOGRAPHS OP THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



i. Body-blanket captured. 

 j. Pair of leggings captured. 



k. Three single legs of leggings captured. 



Figure 137, copied from Schoolcraft, IV, p. 253, PI. 32, is taken from the 

 shoulder-blade of a buffalo, found on the plaius in the Comanche country 

 of Texas. No. 5 is a symbol showing the strife for the buffalo existing 

 between the Indian and white races. The Indian (1), presented on 



Fig. 137. — Comanche drawing on shoulder-blade. 



horseback, protected by his ornamented shield and armed with a lance, 

 kills a Spaniard (3), the latter being armed with a gun, after a circui- 

 tous chase (6). His companion (4), armed with a lance, shares the same 

 fate. 



Figure 138 is taken from the winter count of Battiste Good for the 

 year 1853-'54. 



