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PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



it proceeds from these people having observed that the French often put 

 themselves in this posture, which is not used among them." 



Fig. 180. 



Figure 181 is taken from the winter count of Battiste Good for the year 

 1851-Til!. In the year 185l-'5l3, the first issue of goods was made to 



Fio. 181.— Cin !<• of men. 

 Dakota. 



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FIG. 182.— Shooting from 



river banks. Dakota. 



the Indians, and the character represents a blanket surrounded by a 

 circle to show how the Indians sat awaiting the distribution. The 

 people are represented by small lines running at right angles to the 

 circle. 



figure 182 is also from Battiste Good. An encounter is represented 

 between two tribes, each on the banks of a river, from which arrows 

 were tired across the water at the opposing party. The vertical lines 

 represent the banks, while the opposing arrows denote a fight or an 

 encounter. 



The drawing, Figure 1S3, was made by Mr. J. G. Swan while on a visit 

 to the Prince of Wales Archipelago, where he found two carved fig- 

 ures with panthers' heads, and claws upon the fore feet, and human feet 

 attached to the hind legs. These mythical animals were placed upon 

 either side of a corpse which was lying in state, awaiting burial. 



